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Nancy Drew lives 
and works in Brooklyn, NY. 
She is represented by 
Roebling Hall in Chelsea, NYC
 and Amy Simon Fine Art
 in Westport, CT

>ndrew31@yahoo.com

About the Porn Series

   "In the "Porn Series," I use video porn box covers as my source material, and paint canvases in my signature materials of flock and glitter. Taking cues from Abstract Expressionism as well as Pop and Cubism, I alter and fragment imagery from the world of porn into something very much my own. Painted in soft, fuzzy flock and sparkly glitter, images traditionally created for men become feminized and beautified beyond instant recognition.  In abstracting and aestheticizing the porn box covers, blatant texts have all but vanished, graphic depictions of sex are only alluded to -- yet corporeal themes still remain central to the work.

   In transposing images of sex as commodity into aesthetic expressions of love and desire, the paintings can't help but turn the prurient aims of their sources on their ear.  Even so, they are done as much in the spirit of celebration as they are as ironical critique. The work becomes a tool with which to explore, to attack and to celebrate. Ultimately, however, any moral stance is left to the viewer to decide."

 

>ndrew31@yahoo.com