My portrait of @Caitlyn_Jenner made using the death threats and hate tweets she received after coming out #art pic.twitter.com/GIpY6688n5
— Conor Collins (@conartworks) August 18, 2015
Conor Collins has compiled the most hateful tweets and turned them into a drawing inspired by Jenner’s Annie Leibovitz-shot cover for Vanity Fair. Caitlyn herself got wind of the piece and tweeted it to her 2.85 million followers.
Turning hate into love is so beautiful and powerful – great job by this artist https://t.co/Q8XEs6FVlO
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) August 20, 2015
The artist told Dazed that he was compelled to create the work when he saw all the horrible things people were saying about a woman they don’t know personally. “When I saw them I wanted to share them, because it is a reality of what trans people experience every day. I didn’t want to hide the darkness and persecution they face in my art piece. It just wouldn’t be fair.”
It’s always heartening to see someone take a bad situation and turn it into something beautiful.
[via Dazed]
