Morimura is more than just art’s most famous drag queen. Dealing with issues of cultural and sexual appropriation he is constantly exploring ideas of image consumption, identity and desire: Would Marilyn Monroe be as sexy if she was Japanese - and a man? In his photos Morimura lives out his impossible dreams of being ‘other’, playing the role of Asian agent provocateur infiltrating Western collective consciousness: becoming the women most lusted after, making them even more exotic. — via thirdstitch
