Astrobunny 01 Print

Kellesimone Waits, Los Angeles based artist, has exhibited internationally including “Draw Tour” at the Museum of Mexico City, “Antithesis” a solo show at the Linder Gallery at Keystone College in PA, “14 Artists” at New Image Art in Los Angeles, Gregorio Escalante Gallery’s opening exhibit in Los Angeles, and “What’s Your Power Animal” a solo show at Fuse Gallery in New York, NY. STATEMENT The female form and notions of femininity are a continuous focal point in my work as are physical, emotional, mental and allegorical transformations. Creating a narrative with this current body of work I am exploring ideas of sexual freedom, shattered inhibitions, and bliss, as they can be related to: anonymity, chemical intervention and altered or obscured identity. In addition I am interested in the consequences of dependence upon outside sources for solutions to internal problems. My subject is a science fiction mythology I have created about Astrobunnies and Astrokitties. They are parasitic alien creatures that feed off of our ill feelings and excrete orgasmic bliss and feelings of freedom into our systems as they process our varied pains, fears and malice. The Astrobunnies come to Earth and they are creating a solution (however flawed) to our experience of our negative emotions and the consequences. It’s an outside, quick, easy, and strange solution to what runs through nearly all of us to some degree. So what happens if they leave? And what is the ultimate solution? I don’t believe there is one easy fix to the issue of fear, suffering and its consequences. Though, I am interested in possible ways to alleviate fear, how it ties into identity vs. anonymity, its effects on female sexuality and how it relates to the male gaze vs. the female gaze.