Alexandra Rubinstein

Alexandra Rubinstein is a contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Rubinstein's artworks involve feminist narratives in relation to the third-wave feminism movement, and her works have gained attention through her depiction of celebrities including Drake, Barack Obama, Pope Francis, Jon Hamm, Justin Bieber, Tom Hanks, and Jay-Z performing oral sex on women.

Early life Rubinstein was born in 1988 in Sverdlovsk, USSR, now known as Yekaterinburg, Russia. Her mother is Russian, and her father is Jewish. After graduating, she moved to New York City to pursue a career in art. The frames were particularly striking as they focused on women's faces during sex, which was historically uncommon. There was a focus in the videos on women. Rubinstein also includes herself in most of her works, particularly prominently in this series, to tell her story.

Thirsty (2015) This series focused on the nature of heterosexual female sexuality through oil-on-panel images of '70s male porn stars. Rubinstein hoped to rattle the art world by representing women as the consumers of nude male imagery, rather than depicting women as objects being consumed. The works use a bottle opener to mimic the common decorative use of the female form, highlighting the notion that men are made into objects of ‘thirst,’ similar to that which follows a beer. The imagery promotes the idea that women are independent and can also have a beer, which is considered to be a male beverage. The show was featured in Spirit's HOTTER THAN JULY series and was displayed a week before Donald Trump's inauguration.