By Dinika Amaral
"Emberface," the main painting in Maria Scavullo's exhibition at Lolita, shows the subject, a beautiful woman, with a scarf strangling her neck. The bottom of the scarf looks like a diseased penis and doesn't fit-in with the rest of the painting. The woman's eyes are gazing into the distance like she's disassociating herself from her problem - men, which is something probably most women need to do.
Liberation: Because you are not a mainstream artist do you feel that you have more creative freedom and the ability to experiment more with you work because you don't have a huge record company to answer to?
J.G. Thirlwell: Anyone has that option should they choose it. I was on a major label, Columbia, and they were totally hands off. In fact my A&R guy suggested we do the song Mighty Whitey for a single which I thought would be too harsh for a single. There are artists that work in that stratosphere and simply do whatever the hell they want like Bjork or Radiohead. What I do as an artist comes first, marketing it comes second.
