Tresor Murace’s practice examines how social media influences people, focusing on identity formation, celebrity worship, and parasocial relationships. Using personal experiences of growing up in a strict religion and later being drawn to celebrity worship, her works explore how people move their focus of devotion from traditional religious figures to modern, secular idols in the digital world.
By painting female figures on smooth, airbrushed surfaces, serving as a criticism of how identity becomes like a product and how online images can blur the lines between what's real and what's not. Murace’s practice aims to show how experiences we have through media and constantly viewing life through an idealised lens, changes how we understand reality and shape our personalities in a world that is hyperconnected.
By painting female figures on smooth, airbrushed surfaces, serving as a criticism of how identity becomes like a product and how online images can blur the lines between what's real and what's not. Murace’s practice aims to show how experiences we have through media and constantly viewing life through an idealised lens, changes how we understand reality and shape our personalities in a world that is hyperconnected.