Art Student/ Drag King

Finding new directions in art comes from experiences and life changing opportunities. Pulling from one experience to enhance the depth of another. As a Drag King I transform myself from a woman into a man as an illusion. I change my name to Luc Michael and perform for the entertainment of others, now dose this count as developed art? or just as an act not unlike a stand up comedian...?

within that I find that I have lost some of my ability to create the art that I usually lean toward, which is a earthy collaboration with found materials often bringing together things in the least manufactured way. Now I'm finding that performing songs in the male persona has pushed me toward seeking the symbols in things, while being more direct with more roughness and more chaos. So the struggle here is finding a way to clash these two worlds of art together to create something natural and rustic, peaceful and chaotic.

I have noticed a lot if pop art interesting me more and more, looking at artists such as Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring, and comparing them with artists such as George Segal, Richard Serra and Jene Highstein. Looking at the culture and pulling pop and natural, minimalist, and form art into my art, is something I wish to accomplish. Also finding a way to clash my music performance into my standing art or atleast letting it influence my pop art collaboration in my work.