70s-inspired memes that talk blackness, feminism and self-care.
In her meme-like digital collages, which reimagine 70s advertisements and album covers, the Los Angeles-based artist and comedian
reflects on her personal life and reacts to the idiosyncrasies of contemporary society. In one such collage, the cover for Roberta Flack’s 1973 singlehas been overlaid with the words, “Can’t wait… for the next person I date to disappear for weeks without contact… so I can pretend like it doesn’t bother me.” In another, Diana Ross is in a cowhide jumpsuit posturing in front of three giant letters: PMS.
“I like to think of my work as propaganda for black personhood,” Perkins explains. “I strive to saturate viewers with undeniable images of blackness… so much so that our existence is normalised and not othered.” i-D caught up with Rinny to learn more about her work, the importance of representation, and her affinity for the 70s.Third Ward, Houston, Texas, baby. Growing up there was awesome. Going to the rodeo, zydeco festivals in the summer and being perpetually afraid of snakes in the bayou.
I'm actually coming up on my 10 year anniversary of living in LA. I moved to LA in 2009 in hopes of being in the TV reboot of UPN's hit-sitcomfeaturing Rachel True. OK, there wasn't a reboot, but I really would like for this to happen. Yvette Denise Lee Bowser, call me!My Aries sun has tons of ideas and my Virgo rising desperately needed them to fit into a format that made the most sense to me.
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