NYAB Event - Chris Biddy "New Message"

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Media: Painting

Biddy is a young artist with an inspiring and clear vision. He is working to chase the psychological dramas and conceited behaviors of adolescents. The girls he portrays are often in bloom, teetering between innocence and self-awareness. Biddy’s approach to representation is unique in that he allows the models to depict themselves.
He obtains his imagery from Facebook or MySpace photographs which mostly have been taken with a cell phone. He states, “Rather than photographing my models myself, I leave the responsibility of how they will represent themselves to them. This allows the model’s own personalities to come through and gives the viewer a chance to either see a silly child-like moment or one of vanity.” This work confronts ideas of identity and gender roles in adolescent girls on the verge of becoming women while also challenging both formalist and conceptual traditions.

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