In Re-Western, painted Felice House reimagines scenes from classic westerns with the likes of James Dean, Clint Eastwood and John Wayne replaced with women in the starring roles.
In addition to being superb paintings, House’s work is a provocation about “portraying women without objectifying them [as] an intentional and political act.” Pictured above: “Stasha Dean in ‘Giant,’ 2013. Oil on canvas, 90” x 60".“
Expose yourself to the vulnerability of utmost terror, Embrace your weakness to its most terrifying extent, See the bluecloak dawning at sunrise and dusk.
I sing the body Electric I scream the soul Magnetic I howl the corpse Gravitic
Backlit in cyanotic neon Faces shift in masked contortion Fanged and double-tongued
Acid-venom pulses in vein Entheos – intoxication, possession, illumination. The brain burns cold, muscles like creaking steel
We climb the Mountain Descend the Tree Draupnir’s endless gleam
Where sun is seen Emerging From the planet’s curve.
Giver of Rings And Strange Geometries Bellows-bellied
Embodied Light Left Hand of Darkness Full of Cherenkov hue.
As broad a brim As Saturn’s icy wreaths Hides a blinded eye
That sees star and gulf – Ever-right and thrice as eldritch, Both Elder and Outer
screaming into the void since '89 