Jerri Allyn

                                


Àirǎn Míngwáng / Dr. Wang
Lustful drag king?
A shape shifter transforming trauma
= passionate love & enlightened compassion




Photomontage, archival digital print on canvas, hand sewn sateen fabric frame, wooden rod;
5.5’L x 3.5’W x .25”D; with rod 6’L; 
2023-2024. 

Excerpt of ‘Wang banner portrait.’ Photographer: Felis Stella

Ideas addressed: Drag and transgender identities, strip dance, healing trauma through erotic ritual and BDSM = bondage dominance, sadism, masochism

BIO as relates to erotic power: Dr. Wang Newton (he/they), performer and emcee, coproduces events, like the Sacred Wounds Performance Revue. Bold, vibrant, genre-bending, and unapologetically erotic, Sacred Wounds put Asian queer performers at the forefront to conjure a brighter future. As an international streaming experience online during Covid, Sacred Wounds united talent from the ‘Asian Underground,’ curated and produced by an acclaimed performance artist and drag king. The virtual experience subverted stereotypes, combats the notion of the ‘model minority,’ and fostered a safe space for both the performers and audience. 

Dr. Wang Inspired by deity:  Wang is surrounded by symbols of significance and drenched in red, a powerful color in Taiwanese/Chinese culture, representing happiness, beauty, vitality, and success. They resonate with the deity Àirǎn Míngwáng. As the ‘love stained, passionate knowledge king,’ they have adopted a yoga tree pose to balance and center themselves.

Aligned activist organization: Sacred Wounds (www.coco-ono.com/sacred-wounds); and 
YinQ , BDSM Practitioner (http://www.yinq.net/).