Colette Gaiter: Monkey Girl Meets Alligator Boy
Artist(s):
Title:
- Monkey Girl Meets Alligator Boy
Exhibition:
- DAC Online Exhibition 2015: Altered Books - Digital Interventions
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Creation Year:
- 2014
Medium:
- Found wedding album book, scanner, Photoshop
Category:
Artist Statement:
Monkey girl meets Alligator Boy digitally superimposes real genetic and societal perceived abnormalities on a family in a seemingly “normal” wedding photo album book. The book alludes to the story of King Kong as a persistent cultural myth that embodies fears of race (species) mixing.