Lady Gaga is by far one of my favorite artists out there right now. Not just because of her great music or her avant garde fashion, but because of how she combines these things, and everything else about herself into not just a persona, but a living performance art piece.. truly insiring i must say. But something that concerns me is that most people dont get it.. most people who even claim to get it, dont even really know where her ideas come from. Gaga is no snowflake. She remids us of where she gets her inspiration from all the time with direct homages and even verbalized shout outs to the people who have really inspired her to be what she is.. Andy Warhol, Grace Jones etc.
But there are even more people.. mabe not a direct inspiration to Gaga herself, but certainly there are people who have done what she is doing now, for years. Look at any number of drag queens in New York.. in particular look at Kevin Aviance.
A rather well respected drag queen and performance artist around the world from New York. His look and the look of the other queens in the house of Aviance are famously avante garde and visually eclectic.
