Feminism, Fashion and the Swastika in Los Angeles
Part I: Maya Lujan controversy
Part II: Mary Anna Pomonis interviews Melanie Pullen
Two Los Angeles based female artists Maya Lujan and Melanie Pullen started the fall opening season with a bang. The images of their work containing swastikas have descended on the art scene in a flurry. Lujan has been all over the Los Angeles Times blog, “Culture Monster” and Pullen’s image of a Nazi ran as the back cover of Artillery Magazine. This article began as an investigation of the swastika and symbols of violence and their contemporary use. It wound up being a journey that led me to two very different female artists with divergent takes on the subject.
http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/2008-maya-lujan-melanie-pullen/1654