The drag queen in Rainblo, who is dressed up like Snow White going through a dark period, coyly looks at the camera, as if to entice the viewer to eat from the apple in her right hand. Behind her, a plaster statue of Venus mimics her stance, heightening the contrast between the clean white surface of the sculpture and the ripped stockings, body sleeves of tattoos, and wildly colored outfit of the star in the foreground of the composition.
Rainblo is an image from Kost's series Boulevard of Broken Dreams, which depicts the underbelly of Hollywood Boulevard, a location littered with strip malls and porn shops that belie the street name's association with glamour and stardom.
Photograph
Color photograph made with archival pigments on fine art rag paper
24.00 x 20.00 in
61.0 x 50.8 cm
This work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and an artist signed label on verso.
The drag queen in Rainblo, who is dressed up like Snow White going through a dark period, coyly looks at the camera, as if to entice the viewer to eat from the apple in her right hand. Behind her, a plaster statue of Venus mimics her stance, heightening the contrast between the clean white surface of the sculpture and the ripped stockings, body sleeves of tattoos, and wildly colored outfit of the star in the foreground of the composition.
Rainblo is an image from Kost's series Boulevard of Broken Dreams, which depicts the underbelly of Hollywood Boulevard, a location littered with strip malls and porn shops that belie the street name's association with glamour and stardom.
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