Peach 

Fernanda Suarez offers us "Peach", a portrait that reimagines the classic video game character through a contemporary lens. Suarez, working in the 20th century, pulls the fairy-tale princess into our world, grounding her in modern aesthetics. The piece invites us to consider the evolution of female representation in pop culture, reflecting on how women are portrayed and how those portrayals evolve. Peach, traditionally a damsel in distress, is here re-envisioned. This invites us to consider how identity is both constructed and perceived within popular culture. The soft rendering of Peach's features evokes a sense of familiarity, as if we might see her at the mall. Yet the background is a flattened videogame landscape, creating a tension between fantasy and reality. The work encourages a dialogue about nostalgia, gender roles, and the ongoing conversation about who gets to be a princess.