Whore Nation

Whore Nation, 2008, ink on paper, 11x15 in.

ode to the Whore of Babylon, Revelation 17, A. Durer, woodcut, 11x15in, 1495
Whore Nation grew out of the idea of questioning the sexual nature of the modern mind. How fantasies are bits and pieces of erotic memories, that are shapeless, or formless, but are stirred up in a heat of carnal passion. The center Iconic amalgamation is what I think I see in totality when fantasizing, like seeing your fantasy all at once. Faces, Sexual acts, glimpses of the person you lust for.
This Icon is exploding out of a computer monitor. In the monitor is a Pentagon with an eye in the center, a reference to the Pentagon and the All Seeing Eye. There is speculation that the powers that be utilize pornography, sexuality, as a tool to control the population.
In the piece I struggle with my interpretation of sexual practice. Its a loving, life giving process, and also a negative, self defaming act when a camera is turned on to it, or through gossip. How, these things alter my perception of sexual energy in myself and in others.
On the right and left upper corners of the piece are images of deep, nurturing love and an image of a soldier with the USMC motto, Semper Fidelis, or Always Faithful.
The piece for me is a burning sexual desire, to give the most to one woman or to many. It is a conflict I'm not sure if I can resolve.
AA