Victoria Secret’s Advertisements 2

This piece is part of the artist’s ” Contradictions” collection

This collection draws inspiration from the advertising billboards that line our streets. However, this time, the message seems to have slipped from the advertisers’ grasp—boldly promoting women’s cosmetics and hygiene products without censorship. For the “fire-at-will” group, this defies their rigid beliefs, prompting them to cover up these billboards. But history has shown that, time and again, with just a single word, they tarnish beauty with their outdated ideologies.

The artist’s statement echoes through the work, how often has beauty, when left uncensored, been deemed too much? When lingerie becomes more than just a product, when it dares to exist outside the male gaze, it becomes a threat. Those who wish to control these images attempt to cover them, distort them, erase them. Yet, as history has shown, with a single word or a stroke of red paint, they do not purify beauty, they stain it with their outdated ideologies.