{"product_id":"girl-button-badge","title":"Girl button badge","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Pink for a boy and blue for a girl” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA button badge of the word Girl made exclusively for National Museums Liverpool featuring artwork by Ben Youdan. The image for the badge is a detail taken from original portraits of Pip\/Sister Sister showing the same face in and out of drag. They are intended as a subversion of the gender binaries imposed on us from birth in cultural forms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Youdan is a visual artist based in Liverpool, U.K. His mixed media work employs a wide variety of techniques and processes including collage, drawing, painting, printmaking and photography, to create imagery that takes inspiration from the iconography and ephemera of popular culture. His pieces explore themes such as identity, glamour and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis recent work has an aesthetic style inspired by post-modern philosophy and taking inspiration from punk and anti-establishment imagery.  By juxtaposing seemingly disparate elements, the work attempts to create a new visual language that explores queer identity, diversity and individualism as well as appropriation of space particularly in an urban context. It is intended to be celebratory in tone and contain a sex-positive message, taking inspiration from a variety of sub-cultures as well as referencing traditions of western art practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Custom Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57168868213109,"sku":"BBB38NML024","price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/6460\/8590\/files\/13019girl-button-badge.jpg?v=1778601518","url":"https:\/\/shop.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk\/products\/girl-button-badge","provider":"National Museums Liverpool","version":"1.0","type":"link"}