Virginity Taken

Title: Virginity Taken

Media: Silkscreen Print

Description: The top half of this image is a naval fleet (photo shot by a friend of mine while he was in the Navy).  The same image (now turned upside down) was used for the bottom half as well and the ships now look as though they're both coming and going.  This visual trickery works due to the fact that the reflections of the ships in the water create a perfect mirror and make it difficult to discern which way is up.  Furthermore, I've drawn additional marks to these two images so that a ghostly image of a nude female subtly emerges.  From top to bottom, her breasts appear first, followed by an arm across her torso, and finally another arm and hand which cover her private area.   The final print is a marriage of the woman and the fleet, and it is a comment on both forms of rape.