Gotta Give
Works in Jan’s Heroes series celebrate virtues of icons from popular culture, and his female heroes trace representations of women in popular culture relative to their positions of power.
“Gotta Give” is a tribute to entertainer Marilyn Monroe, the young mid-century Hollywood star turned tragic American ingenue, who, while becoming a pop-culture icon in her own right, immortalized by the likes of Andy Warhol and Elton John, achieved only a sexually-objectified power, which, ultimately and sadly, eventually destroyed her.
Works in Jan’s Heroes series celebrate virtues of icons from popular culture, and his female heroes trace representations of women in popular culture relative to their positions of power.
“Gotta Give” is a tribute to entertainer Marilyn Monroe, the young mid-century Hollywood star turned tragic American ingenue, who, while becoming a pop-culture icon in her own right, immortalized by the likes of Andy Warhol and Elton John, achieved only a sexually-objectified power, which, ultimately and sadly, eventually destroyed her.
Works in Jan’s Heroes series celebrate virtues of icons from popular culture, and his female heroes trace representations of women in popular culture relative to their positions of power.
“Gotta Give” is a tribute to entertainer Marilyn Monroe, the young mid-century Hollywood star turned tragic American ingenue, who, while becoming a pop-culture icon in her own right, immortalized by the likes of Andy Warhol and Elton John, achieved only a sexually-objectified power, which, ultimately and sadly, eventually destroyed her.
dye-infused microsuede
140cm x 165cm x 5cm
executed in 2017
edition 3 of 3 🔴🔴