Two Studies of an Outstretched Right Arm
Study of a Male Nude, Striding to the Left and Studies of Anatomical Details
Upper Body of a Sitting Man
Male Nude
and Study of a Right Arm
Study of the Hermaphrodite layers contrasting representations of the body to highlight the constructed nature of sex and gender. This project appropriates studies of the "male nude" by Renaissance artist Michaelangelo Simoni. These sketches, which imply the idea of a standard male form, physically and ideologically contrast with my own understanding of sex and gender from lived experience. By layering these reductionistic images over my own body, I engage in gender play with myself and the viewer.