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Sex and Candy

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Sex and Candy, 2010

Materials: Newspaper, Magazine, Acrylic Paint, Watercolor, Syringes, Cigarettes, Tissue Paper, Cotton Balls, Twine, Wire, Beads, Sharpie Paint Pens, Industrial Staples.

First inspired by Marcy Playground's Sex and Candy, but made it more personal by adding elements that represented how I felt about the meaning of sex and candy itself; Both things being pleasurable but one representing childhood the other adulthood. The cigarettes remind me of my transition from child to young adult, same with the needles. Not being related to drugs but illness. Having cancer at 15 will propel aging. You have no choice but to grown up and deal with what's thrown at you. Illness is represented also in the obituaries paired with scenes of sex found in magazines that make up the background. I liked how both are exploited today in our culture and wanted to explore that further.
Image size
1528x1970px 787.29 KB
Make
NIKON
Model
COOLPIX S560
Shutter Speed
10/1600 second
Aperture
F/3.5
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
3200
Date Taken
Nov 30, 1999, 12:00:00 AM
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