Neon is associated with buzzing and blinking motel signs, smoky bars, and the golden age of Las Vegas marketing. Digging deeper, neon has notorious associations with red light districts in Amsterdam, Bourbon Street in New Orleans, and the more sinful side of Las Vegas.
Reclaiming this seductive medium of advertising, Mexico City-based artist Chelsea Culprit’s work explodes, abstracts, and rearranges representations of the female body and how its identity moves through a culture based on consumption.
Purchased by Spiegelworld for Superfrico’s Artery collection.
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