Artist Millie Brown's performance with Lady Gaga at SXSW has had a lot of tongues wagging these past few days — including her own. You know, since she purposefully vomited colors all over the pop icon during her ARTPOP-packed Austin debut.
The messy display has earned its share of Web-time over the ensuing week, drawing criticism from the likes of Demi Lovato, who said that the performance glorified bulimia — criticism that Brown roundly negates.
"I can understand why people would make that association, but my performance really is not a statement about eating disorders themselves," Brown told MTV News. "It's like using my body to express myself. I think a lot of people understand that I'm not trying to punish myself and my body in that way."
Although Lovato dismisses Brown's work — saying, "Putting the word ART in it isn't a free card to do whatever you want without consequences" — the artist has been working in her medium for a decade now, and has long been entrenched in the performance art scene.
When it comes to future collaborations with Mother Monster, Brown isn't sure what's in store; the two hooking up in Austin was a last-minute decision.
"I really like working with Lady Gaga because she really understands performance art," Brown said. "And I think we understand each other."
The performance artist has spoken about her performance with another performance artist, would you critic a performance artist if you aren't a performance artist yourself?
The performance artist has spoken about her performance with another performance artist, would you critic a performance artist if you aren't a performance artist yourself?
Would you critic a singer if you weren't a singer yourself?
The answer is yes
Mess at me reading it as "Miley scalps Demi alive" Gaga should be allowed to do what she wants with her body. Let her get vomited on by other people if she wishes.
Gaga should be allowed to do what she wants with her body. Let her get vomited on by other people if she wishes.
