Annointed

Annointed turns a familiar bottle of testosterone into a blunt, darkly humorous symbol of frustration. Set against the spray-painted word “BOSS,” the object sits between medical necessity, self-determination and the exhausting systems that govern access to gender-affirming care.

Fable uses charcoal to give an everyday item the weight of a portrait. The work holds anger alongside resilience: the bottle represents agency and change, while the graffiti-like background channels impatience with the demands placed on trans bodies. Annointed refuses quiet compliance, framing irritation itself as evidence of persistence, autonomy and a life claimed on one’s own terms.