Wasabassco Presents Burlesque in the Living Room, 2008

Matt Siren

Wasabassco Presents Burlesque in the Living Room, 2008

Screenprint on paper

24 x 36 inches; 61 x 91.4 cm

Edition 50

Signed LR, numbered LL in pencil

Siren’s vintage Pin-ups represent the Artist’s respect for the female form and its vigor. Through his deep appreciation for women, their physical strength, and ability to be resilient in the face of pain and conflict, Matt Siren’s Pin-ups are not intended to objectify women through the problematic lens of the male gaze, but rather, to alter it to focus on feminist power through sexuality. The erotic Burlesque in the Living Room series teases the viewer to engage with mock advertisements. Specifically, Siren inverts the commercial dialogue so the female characters may utilize their femininity to regain control of the male gaze that fails to define them.