“Perhaps more important than the question of who Venfield 8 is, we should be asking why. The artist’s work draws attention to a cult of consumerism and an unyielding quest for “Luxury” that has even spread to porn and sexuality. Using formats of fashion advertising, one cannot escape the deliberate gloss and power that media has.  The combination of sex and advertising is well tread territory, but by taking unflinching images of hyper masculinity and subverting them into a format most of us just flip by in a magazine, Venfield 8 forces the viewer to recognize the limitless tools the media has and the lack of boundries in terms of what can be packaged and sold. In Venfield 8’s world, nudity and sex isn’t just about titillation, more importantly, it is about desire – the same quixotic hunger designer labels fuel in consumers who must always have what is next or best. Here, materialism and sex coexist and are celebrated to an absurdist conclusion.” – ANTEBELLUM GALLERY