Make Way for the Artist in the Room This is a self-portrait. Not the traditional kind — no easel, no dramatic lighting, no studied pose. Just a person standing in front of their own work with a phone, in a Keith Haring t-shirt, looking back at you.
The left panel is the work itself. The right panel is the artist who makes it. A diptych. The two halves of the same statement.
As Pride Month begins, this image is about what the work has always been about.
“Even if you disagree with us,” Behan says, “you have to acknowledge that we exist. At the very least.”
The Closet Series is a visibility zone — not an argument, not a petition, not a plea. A fact. Rendered in full color. Posted to the internet.
Breathing without permission.
Jupiter 3 has landed. The Aquarian Moon is watching. The artist responsible is right there in the frame. — Behan
