Yirui Jia
86 5/8 x 66 7/8 in
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This painting is inspired by a nonsensical and ludicrous image Yirui Jia saw on the internet; a male athlete in training gear holding a petite man in his hand. This humorous scene resonated with the artist, spurring her on impulse to also make a whimsical and nonsensical image. There are focal points worth pausing on; the appropriated ‘Three Cherry’ employee identity tag, the comic red lips scattered like notes across sheet music, and the bright green sun. Dressed as a preppy cheerleader, with slashing toenails that pierce through her sock, the character holds in one hand a head that could be identical to her own by the ends of her ponytail, in the other a Snickers bar. The somewhat violent display is a reference to the popular slogan from the Snickers Advertisement “You’re not you when you’re hungry”, after which the painting is also titled.
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