The (Deviant) Kiss

2020
Oil and acrylic on canvas
5’ x 5’

This appropriation of The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is a commentary on homophobia. The two lovers share a tender embrace in a bed surrounded by a void of hatred around them. The collaged pages come from both historical texts about homosexuality being a mental illness, along with gruesome, anti-LGBTQAI+ headlines – all from 2019.