Kanye West’s wife, Bianca Censori, is starring in a doppelgänger-ridden art exhibition.
“The doppelgänger are not copies of Bianca. They’re spillages. They’re what happens when a public image detaches from the person who animates it,” Censori, 30, told Interview magazine in a Tuesday, December 16, profile, speaking as “Bianca2” throughout the conversation. “A woman in the public eye is forced to watch versions of herself multiply without her consent. People project, people invent, people erase. So she sculpts the versions they create, the phantom selves.”
She added, “This is not a confession of feeling trapped. This is an act of repossession. She is reclaiming the unauthorized clones. She’s not trapped in her image. She’s multiplying it until the original becomes myth.”
Censori was thrust into the spotlight amid her relationship with West, 48, following the rapper’s divorce from Kim Kardashian. They ultimately tied the knot in 2022.
West and Censori now often keep their love life under wraps — save for a handful of public appearances where the former Yeezy architectural designer has worn nearly nude ensembles.
“Bianca is interested in perspective and collective experience,” Censori said in the third person, addressing her controversial outfits. “Domesticity is one of them. … Sexuality is incidental. It’s not the point. The female body isn’t inherently sexual. That’s a cultural overlay.”
Censori further explained why she often wears sultry bodysuits on the red carpet and beyond.
“The bodysuit is the closest thing to skin. It removes individuality and turns the body into a surface,” she stated. “What people read into that fetish, control, power, belongs to them.”
While Censori’s risqué performance art might draw some backlash, she isn’t bothered by the possibility.
“Bianca views social media neutrally, not as something she’s emotionally invested in, but as a space where perception mutates quickly and publicly,” Censori said. “She doesn’t seek praise or backlash, but she pays attention to how both form and circulate. They’re two sides of the same perceptual mechanism, and the contrast between them is useful.”
She continued, “Backlash isn’t a goal, but it is revealing. It shows where cultural sensitivities sit and what people are unable or unwilling to name directly. Bianca’s end goal is self-expression.”
While West has not publicly addressed his wife’s art show, he’s previously been on-board with her styles choices.
“My wife’s first red carpet opened a whole new world,” West tweeted in February, referring to Censori’s sheer gown at the Grammys. “I keep staring at this photo like I was staring in admiration that night, thinking, ‘Wow I am so lucky to have a wife that is so smart, talented, brave and hot.’ She took a break from shooting her first film to make a movie in real life.”
He added, “We tailored that invisible dress 6 times [and] just like magic, poof, we disappeared. Thank you to all the outlets who recognized us and gave us back the energy we put in, but I have to give a shout-out to the American Vogue team for writing an article that places my wife in a strong positive light and also recognizes rightful strength.”
