Long Live the Queens
“Pulling from the experiences I’ve gathered in my nigh quarter century spent alive, I aim to investigate the worlds within and around me through camp, sarcasm, and humor. For “Long Live The Queens," that meant taking a critical look at how many of history's icons and heros are illustrated and remembered, versus how queer icons are. The piece is a retelling of Jacques-Louis David’s “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.” The original painting is a highly dramatized depiction of Napoleon crossing through the Great St Bernard Pass. In this piece, Napoleon is replaced with RuPaul Andre Charles. RuPaul can be credited with popularizing drag queens and drag culture and being a key player in establishing it as it is today.”