The Importance Of Mystery

2019, Oil on Italian Linen, 120 x 100cm

Who would have imagined that 100 years after they were created, pasties would be making something of a comeback. 

Worn in cabarets such as the Folies Bergère and Le Lido, pasties emerged in the 1920’s as a way for burlesque and striptease performers to avoid breaking the law by appearing topless. In this era of mainstream conservatism, the digital simulacrum of pasties have become de rigueur for the contemporary influencer and influenced.