EMMA STERN – BOY, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A COWGIRL
2021-07-19Emma Stern paints virtual women, taking avatars as her muses. Stern plays with sultry, or even pornographic, codes and representations in the virtual world by combining traditional painting methods with 3D modeling methods. In her work, Stern interprets the consequences of the biases and preferences prevalent in the male-dominated arena of software and technology, and magnifies the effects of those same preferences and biases on the female body and its popular representation in cyberspace. Her fantastical, pastel-colored avatars borrow from familiar tropes in gaming, as well as from the visual vocabulary of niche online communities such as furries, fandom, and erotic 3D art message boards.
Opposite – Blossom + Fang (dusk), 2021
Exhibition runs through to August 14th, 2021
Almine Rech
64 rue de Turenne
75003 Paris
