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My recent work includes
figures and/or objects within an artificial and intensely
colored environment. I suggest a hypothetical narrative
relating to innocence, isolation, beauty, fantasy, and war.
This narrative is based on American culture and influence.
An area that evokes my interest is the differing beliefs,
values and imagery our culture absorbs. In response to these
conflicts, the characters within the vibrant landscape attempt
to fuse conflicting values, beliefs and chaos into an image
of unnatural beauty.
I chose the title, “Neo-Pink,”
based on the aesthetic and conceptual parallels within the
work. Neo: meaning a new form or a revival of an old one,
and the many associations towards the color pink: gender,
vulnerability, and politics to name a few. The work exhibited
is my interpretation of a new global, fantastical, beautified,
war culture where I imagine myself documenting or taking
snapshots of moments within society. These paintings are
personal ideas and images derived from the impact of globalization
and the western world’s role on our visual landscape.
The subject matter often contains a combination of child
like figures and American symbols or influences within a
monochromatic, desolate landscape. The children signify
innocence, beauty, and purity; whereas, the color pink serves
various purposes; one being to unify the image, another
is to possibly sugarcoat the reality beneath the surface,
and lastly to imply a serene, utopia or beautiful birth
of a new culture.
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