In this work, I use a screen-printing method to represent Rayon. This idea to incorporate the method of screen-printing derives from my inspiration of Andy Warhol. Personally, I think Warhol was the complex personification of the collapsing interrelations between art and fashion in queer culture. I am inspired by his screen prints and the way […]

In this particular work, I set out to experiment with different techniques. I stretch a cotton fabric on an A3 size canvas. Firstly, I transferred an original image using a tracing method and traced the image onto a tracing paper. Then, I began cutting out the lines that I traced onto the tracing paper. However, […]

This is a large-scale oil painting of Rayon. In this painting, I want to capture Rayon’s character through her body movement and her clothing. I feel that these elements define the deconstruction of the traditional binary categories of masculine and feminine. I want the viewer to see how one’s gender can be produced on the […]

By portraying ethical and personal aspects of transgender, I consider clothing to be one of the most visible forms of intriguing performances which dictates a major role in the social construction of gender identity. In this smaller scale drawing, I want Rayon’s figure to speak of the notion of the bodies. I want to visually […]

I presume that cyborgs in a way are the definition of gender complication. They complicate the ability to locate the truth about their gender identities. I suppose my topic of cyborgs and post-gender imagery examines the production of gender through its form of representation. Through this drawing, I encapsulate a male version of Rayon. Most […]

This artwork that I created is presented in a form of collage. I like the idea of using cut-up images and parts of my drawing. In this work, I want Rayon’s eyes to signify the notion of identity. Thus, the eyes are essential elements in my collage. To me, representing Rayon in this manner, I […]

This particular work using watercolour pencils, I decided to delineate a life-like representation of a transsexual woman named Rayon. At the beginning of this year, I was reading an article about the AIDS drama that has been made in New Orleans and I totally felt really intrigued by the narrative behind this film, Dallas Buyers […]

Leigh Bowery was born in the suburb of Sunshine in Victoria, Australia. He was a performance artist, fashion designer, night club sensation and an art object. Bowery passed away in 1994 in London, United Kingdom. Bowery was well-known for creating delightful yet outrageous performances pieces. The provokingly flamboyant elements in Bowery’s works of art mainly […]

Nan Goldin was born in Washington DC, United States in 1953. She has been considered one of the prominent artists, photographers of the contemporary era. Goldin’s photographs are generally a mere representation of the transsexuals and their androgynous appeals. One of her works, ‘Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a taxi, NYC’, 1991 portrays an everyday […]