'The work now is work that I'm proud of. I put my name on it very proudly.' BenEvans
, Evans and I caught up for a candid conversation about images as language, camp as a genre and how we self create definitions of home as we grow up.Great question. I truly feel so beyond blessed. I think I really like when I try to take a step back and see my life from a third-person perspective. I live by myself, I pay for all of my own things, I'm able to support myself as an artist. And I think the world has been so kind to me.
I thought I was more chill with me being gay than I was, but when I got to New York I got into a relationship so quickly and I caught myself being so nervous of holding his hand in public. There was just so much of my own baggage. It's nice that I don't have to go back to Charlotte because I think there are just a lot of triggering things for me there. I think also growing up in the church, it was a lot to handle. When I left Charlotte I was so mad at God, and weirdly enough I was able to find this new spirituality for myself.
The work now is work that I'm proud of. I put my name on it very proudly. I think as far as camp goes, I am a just little twinky gay and I love these female icons. I love Goldie Hawn, I lovemore than any movie in the world, I love the glamour of it. I think I had this really big epiphany when I was speaking to my friend that when I'm watching these things I'm watching the women, and I am so infatuated and in love with these iconic women.
I think I want to create a campy space that feels not super serious but is so sensitive. I just have the utmost respect for these women, for these icons, and for me being in this space. I think campy and tongue-in cheek is the space I feel most comfortable. I feel like in high school I was masking my femininity and I just feel so much more free now. I think this new work is me living in my camp fantasy.
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