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Textanude of Danae & Textanude
of Starr and Latitia
"Texta" is Australian for felt-tip
marker and I am Arlene the TextaQueen, Australia’s felt-tipped
super-heroine complete with costume and theme song. My Textanudes
are females drawn naked in their own habitats - friends and
performers I admire, each chosen for their unique presence and
rendered in life-size felt-tip line and color. Together we chose
accessories, surroundings, and poses that reflect their persona
or performance character. Finally, I take a quote from our conversation,
their lyrics, or reading literature during the exchange that draws
it all together.
Danae, is a fangin’ fashionably
conscious friend of mine. Her main fetish is the V8 hoon-mobile
she lounges
on in this drawing: Holden Torana, one of Australia’s classic
rev-head cars. Danae can run, dance, and drive her V8 in stilettos.
From my Friends 4 Life series, Starr and
Letitia pose amid the wreckage of their tandem twin-speed.
Starr and Tits are a pair of image-conscious, sexually-challenged,
gourmet,
and fast-food loving cesspit dwellers. They have nothing else in
common.
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About Arlene TextaQueen
Arlene TextaQueen is an Australian texta super-hero with international
flying sights. She has exhibited her Textanude portraits widely,
screened her animation for SBS
TV Australia, narrated slide shows from Amsterdam to San Francisco,
and has been commissioned to create tapestries, a billboard, and
a surfboard for the Clean Ocean Foundation. She recently completed
a 6-month
artist residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program
in NYC. She currently lives in Montreal, Quebec. View
more of her
work at
www.textaqueen.com.
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