- Works on paper
- >
- Temptation Drawings
- >
- Stoner From Astoria
Stoner From Astoria
12” x 9” inches / graphite on paper / 2020
from the "Temptation Drawings" series
in white frame
Upon my experience on apps like Grindr, I’ve gathered a collection of these “dick pics” that strangers sent to me. I was compelled to draw these photos and memorialize them, or the people these photos belonged to. These images symbolize my true desire for connection rather than sex. We live in a very replaceable, cancel culture world, where people aren’t willing to talk with someone of a different belief. Apart from desire, I felt the need to share these drawings only to express my pain as a non-binary individual when it comes to finding love. It is harder to be a minority in this regard. A lot of these men fetishized me during our exchange. We live in a strange time of dating apps, pornography, and instant gratification. We all are either temptation or the tempted whether we like it or not.