feusta

feusta (2026)
8x10 - Lustre Print
 
 
Artist: Angus Beef
Photographer: MCP Photo | McKenna C Poe
Assistant & Video: Omari Simmons
Location: Between Space Studio
 
IRON - the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. In the modern world, iron alloys, such as steel or cast iron, are by far the most common industrial metals, due to their mechanical properties and low cost. 
 
Artist’s Statement: As the socialite-cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter once said, “We live in a primitive time… neither savage nor wise.” Scientific and technological research are advancing at an ever-accelerating rate; at the same time, it can feel like society is slipping backward into outdated ways of thinking and behaving. Perhaps nothing is more representative of this schism for me than the manosphere’s obsession with eating raw meat to regain a mythical “ancestral masculinity.” As a drag king named after meat, I wanted to capture this strange performance of masculinity that straddles modern pseudoscientist and primal instinct; the projection of strength and the concealment of fragility. Iron is a contradiction. It is a soft and malleable metal that we use as shorthand for strength and fortitude. It is essential in our blood, and it can poison us. Here, it is a fruitful creative collaboration between two artists—and it is a metallic tang hanging in the air and lingering in the nose as blood-stained teeth tear into once-living flesh. 
 
Proceeds of the prints from this collection are split equally between the photographer, the artist, and the organization or crowd-funding effort of the artist’s choice. Angus has selected The Okra Project, a mutual aid collective focused on supporting Black Trans people and alleviating barriers the community faces. Find out more at theokraproject.com
 
audio recommendation: custom audio by Angus Beef