Miley Cyrus' ''Dirty Hippie'' Art Show Features a 5-Foot Bong and Vibrator, Says Her Goal Is ''to Not Die a Pop Pop Dumb Dumb''

"We’re on the same wavelength—it's like a psychedelic jungle," Jeremy Scott says of Cyrus

By Alyssa Toomey Sep 10, 2014 5:58 PMTags
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From "bored as f--k" to NYFW. 

If you follow Miley Cyrus on Instagram, then you've seen no shortage of the pop star's colorful art projects, including raver bracelets, sculptures dedicated to her deceased dog Floyd and even neon-colored hair pieces created from plastic jewelry. 

And now, the 21-year-old twerker, who is no stranger to raising eyebrows, will premiere her art collection, appropriately titled "Dirty Hippie," during Jeremy Scott's show at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 10. From there, Cyrus' collection, which includes a 5-foot bong, a vibrator and of course, a mini trip down psychedelic road, will be on display at the V magazine offices' gallery at 11 Mercer Street in NYC starting on Thursday. 

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"This seems so f--king lame to say but I feel like my art became kind of a metaphor—an example of my life," Cyrus explained of her collection in an interview with V magazine (she also posed naked for the cover, surrounded by a series of stuffed animals). "Because a bunch of sh--ty things kept happening. I've always been so f--king lucky. Everything has always just been easy for me. And at the beginning of this year, I hated 2014 because everything that could go wrong kept going wrong. Being in the hospital, my dog dying...Everything just kept s--tting on me and s--tting on me. So then I started taking all of those s--t things and making them good, and being like, I'm using it. My brother and my friends all said that's what they felt I was doing. So, that's how I started making art. I had a bunch of f--king junk and s--t, and so instead of letting it be junk and s--t, I turned it into something that made me happy."

While the "Wrecking Ball" beauty's pieces may seem meaningless to some, Cyrus says her artwork has provided her a new sense of self worth. 

"Jeremy brought a lot of peace and self worth to me because even though to some people, it was just me gluing some things together, to me, it made me not a f--king pop star dumbass," she explained. "And that's my goal in my life: to not die a pop pop dumb dumb. I can't. I will freak out. I just wanted to give myself something I can work at, and even now, if I had more time and I wasn't on tour, I know I could outdo any of this because I've grown while doing it." 

The former Disney star's collection is comprised of pieces she's collected on tour, gifts she's been given by fans—including, yes, a "Vivienne Westwood dick"—and other trinkets she's collected over time, particularly from airports, which she says are "the best for hoarding." 

"This one's a vibrator, which I got from a fan," she said of one particular art piece. "They threw it on stage. And that's a joint [attached to it], so that's the vibe. I've gotten more and more about piling things on, but I try to put thought into everything." 

When Miley isn't busy touring, she creates the art in her spare time and can often be seen posting Instagrams until the wee hours of the early morning. 

"I just sit around and smoke weed anyway, so I might as well sit around, smoke weed, and do something. And this is me doing something," she explained to the mag. "I love it. I mean, I'm up until seven in the morning doing this stuff all the time. It was much weirder when I started doing it while I was sober."

Meanwhile, Miley, who admits she has never studied art, says she is simply doing what makes her happy—which has always been her No. 1 goal. 

"I've been around a lot of money my whole life," she reminded the mag. "They say money can't buy happiness and it's totally true. Money can buy you a bunch of s--t to glue to a bunch of other s--t that will make you happy, but besides that, there's no more happiness. There's no point in me focusing on getting any f--king richer…My whole philosophy with everything is: Do what you love and you're not going to work ever again…My fans will be into it, especially because I'm involving them. It's building connections with people...And this is giving me happiness, so that's all I have to focus on."