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Kaz Oshiro

Pink Marshall Stack Wall (Three Marshall Double Stacks)

2002

Acrylic and Bondo on stretched canvas

6’ x 7.6’ x 14 1/4”

YES YES YES YES so into this piece that is feminizing something that, in my personal life, is so masculinized. so many men in the punk scene will use extensive discussions about gear and their sik staks to exclude women and other genders from full participation in the music community. a lot of women and other non-male genders’ voices in the punk community are oftentimes intimidated into silence by men and so they often are less present in bands and therefore less likely to know about musical gear. so then it’s this stupid fucking ritual by men to demonstrate how Musical and In the Know They Are when they talk non stop about their fucking GEAR. this is why gear is 100% one of my least favorite conversations and this piece, whether or not this was intentional, really speaks to me. shit