Entitlement by Kaitlyn Krueger

Issue 174

Entitlement is a critique of the prevalence of sexual aggression towards women, AFAB, and feminine-presenting people within the United States. Photographic portraits of these individuals and their living spaces are covered in a layer of wax and red paint. The presentation of this project is a viewer-led interactive piece, where viewers are allowed to scratch off the cover with a variety of tools, revealing the portrait underneath. The act of the viewer and the artifact leftover serve as a visualization of the everyday violation and entitlement to women’s bodies. This body of work is about subverting the concept of a portrait, which is often about inviting the viewer into the subject’s life. Within this context, the viewer has to make the decision to intrude on the subject’s space and violate their safety. The artifacts remain as a sculptural memory of the violence done to the subjects.

Kaitlyn Krueger (she/her) lives and works in Chicago, IL
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