Derick Whitson
Bio: Derick Whitson (b. 1991 / Mansfield, OH) lives and works in New York City. Earned his BFA at Columbus College of Art & Design. Working within the realms of Photography, Video, and Performance.
Thesis Exhibition
Artist Statement: Fetish is held under the control of the mind and a physical release provides access to a potential climax. Physical conscious behaviors provide an awareness in dynamic symbolic access to racial and colored stimulation. The body is used as a toll and a source to communicate ways of physical stimulation and desire. The individual carries a burden—a social imposition. The status of the gendered form answers associations created as a fetishized object in performance through cultural affiliations.
My response to the photographic process stems from my knowledge of my own queer male black body history.
L to R: Sissy Guys Only (13″ × 19″, Archival inkjet print, 2017); Sissy Guys Only (13″ × 19″, Archival inkjet print, 2017)