How to be the Worst Laziest Fattest Incontinent Piece-of-Shit In the World Ever!
Ashley Yang-Thompson is an artist of many mediums. She creates hyper-realistic oil paintings, VHS video art, zines, letters, poetry— anything and everything. Yang-Thompson’s work has been selected for exhibition in places like the San Fransisco Asian Art Museum and the Gund Gallery Museum. She has also been a recipient of fellowships such as the National Endowment of the Arts Creative Equity Fellowship and Mass MoCA’s Assets for Artists grant.
In HTBTWLFIP-O-SITWE!, Miss Expanding Universe takes us on a journey of the self. While reflecting on the reality of distortion, the book explores self-hatred and offers encouragement for struggling artists.
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"In art I have the courage to do what I can’t do in life—I allow these anti-cultural positions to bloom" -Yang-Thompson in conversation with Jeff Alessandrelli
