Galen Boone
(She/Her, United States)
“I'm just here for the guyliner”
Galen Boone
FRENEMIES (Collar of Tongues)
Copper, Leather, Waxed Thread
13" x 13" x 0.75"
2018
Photograph by Linette Kielinski
“FRENEMIES” is a collar of nine teen tongues thick with secrets and pink with threat. These are the spoils of war from girl-on-girl crime and sloppy sexual awakenings, a game of telephone gone bad, braces clacking in after-school make-outs, shushed sleepover giggling after sneaked cigarettes, best friend vows and breakups, journals, tears, whispers, gel pens, and lots of lipgloss. My sweet spot is the electric disquiet between attraction and repulsion, and intra-girl friendships in high school are soaked in a sort of seductive unease. Add latent lesbianism to the mix and that’s one hell of a brew.”