InContext
Project inCONTEXT is a meditation on duality—on beauty as a vessel for menace, and elegance as camouflage for violence. It begins with a disarming question: What if danger could be hidden in plain sight, wrapped in luxury, stitched into style? A concealed blade rests inside a designer handbag—Coach, Louis Vuitton—objects synonymous with status, femininity, and control. The pairing feels jarring, almost absurd. But under scrutiny, it becomes eerily logical.
These objects, after all, are not so different. Both the knife and the purse are meticulously designed, made of fine materials—leather, rosewood—crafted to be held, carried, possessed. Each offers a kind of utility: one for protection, the other for presentation. Their combination exposes a cultural tension between vulnerability and power, fashion and fear.
inCONTEXT doesn’t moralize. It stages a scenario and allows discomfort to linger. Could a weapon become a statement piece? Could fashion be a form of self-defense? In what contexts would this union feel normal, necessary—even liberating?
This series reframes how we interpret objects, asking viewers to confront their assumptions about safety, desire, and the aesthetics of control. In the collision of luxury and lethality, inCONTEXT reveals how meaning is not fixed—but always shaped by where we stand, and what we’re willing to see.
Context Art Miami 2015
Fetured artist represented by the Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts gallery, Binghamton, NY.
