Zhen Tang 唐稹

Fetish Island is a new, constructed environment inhabited by an army of girls with their own names and personalities, but all have very strong vitality. These characters are free, naughty and indulgent, representing the fluid, chaotic and dark side of my subconscious mind. This is also my personal expression of feminine power.

My work is Influenced by film, punk music, the DIY spirit and the feminist art movement. I use images from the fashion industry as my main resources, like a plastic surgery, I deconstruct parts of what would normally be considered the 'ideal body' parts and reconstruct them with elements of nature, animals, to create some superhuman species. By means of photomontage, I have created these characters as a provocation to the traditional male gaze, but also Break down the image of women in consumerist packaging and to re-examine the fantasy of desire in a consumerist society.

I create imaginary creatures, as a provocation to the image of fashion in the age of consumerism. They are like animals of desire in the fashion world, the city is their playground.