NYArtsMagazine.com – Charise Isis
My primary intent as an artist is to hold up a mirror to my audience. Not the kind of mirror that shows the lumps and bumps in life, therefore causing one to turn away in disgust, but one that allows a person to look deeper, to stop, reflect, and then to adjust their notion of my given subject “the hyper feminine” – to see an alternate view, one of beauty and strength, even if just for a moment.
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Around the same time the American Stripper project came to a close, I met a wonderful drag queen living next door to me that shared my name, Isis. The friendship that ensued granted me intimate entrée into the exotic world of drag queens…