Some Recent Projects
My art has somehow always been about the struggle of the individual and the social construction. The approach varied throughout the years, so did the techniques, material and disciplines, yet the core concern has remained the same through more than a decade of artistic practice. Arthur Schopenhauer says that: “We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.” and I believe the best way to define my work is ‘An attempt to reclaim, review and represent the lost portion of the collective self.’
“Back in my childhood, TV had only three channels, broadcas ng un l 11-something p.m. Being a night owl, I was used to seeing the TV sta on showing sta c a er the program was over. I remember occasionally refraining from turning it o and trying to nd forms, gures and other things I could not put a name on at the me. Decades later, I found out about abstract art…”
The collection sparked with a deeply personal matter for the artist: the struggle to retain, cherish and make sense of an infatuation after he left his home country and his person of interest. The first work that set off this collection was quite unique in that it was painted over and redone eight times until the artist felt it has become close to his mental image. At the first glance the works in the collection seem to be a series of (albeit unusual) portraits. But looking at a more in depth level of context, He tried to capture the essence of each model%u2019s personality with subtle hints, mainly reflected the by objects in the image, the color scheme and the model%u2019s expressions.
