FAITH & FLESH

FAITH & FLESH IS A PROVOCATIVE WEARABLE ART COLLECTION THAT MELDS RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY WITH THE GRIT AND EDGE OF LEATHER AND DENIM. PAINTED DIRECTLY ONTO LEATHER JACKETS, MOTORCYCLE HELMETS, PANTS, BOOTS, AND DENIM, EACH PIECE CHALLENGES THE LINE BETWEEN SACRED AND PROFANE. A LEATHER MOTORCYCLE HELMET BECOMES A SHRINE, BEARING THE SORROWFUL GAZE OF THE MADONNA OR THE STARK IMAGE OF A CRUCIFIX. BLACK LEATHER BOOTS ARE MARKED WITH THE CROSS, TURNING OBJECTS OF REBELLION INTO VESSELS OF REVERENCE. ACROSS THE FRONT OF LEATHER JACKETS AND BACK THIGHS OF DENIM, THE WORD LIES IS BOLDLY PAINTED, MIRRORED BY A CRUCIFIX—CONFRONTING THE VIEWER WITH QUESTIONS OF FAITH, POWER, AND DISTORTION. STILL ROOTED IN THEMES OF EROTICISM, THE COLLECTION EVOKES BOTH AWE AND DISCOMFORT. FROM THE ARTIST’S PERSPECTIVE, FAITH AND FLESH IS NOT MEANT TO OFFEND, BUT TO PROVOKE: TO REFLECT ON THE WAYS DESIRE, BELIEF, AND IDENTITY ARE WORN, WORSHIPPED, AND JUDGED.