Kate evans
ART - BA
w a s p, 2022, letterpress on arches cotton paper, 8 x 10 inches
I metamorphosed myself from W.A.S.P. into a literal wasp. Annoyed by these pesky flies, I was also annoyed with myself—and felt the need to deconstruct my own entitlement issues. Beyond the wordplay, I wanted to actually see, and viscerally feel through the printerly medium of letterpress, the juxtaposition and transformation from W.A.S.P. to wasp. Playing with parody and irony in this suite of images is emblematic of my thinking — my ongoing queries: how do I visually articulate how I perceive myself? And more specifically, in this suite of letterpress prints transubstantiating WASP culture.