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Dislocation

Black & White Acrylic Painting

1/7 Of A Series

Size: 40.6 x 50.8 cm

 

MY ARTWORK QUESTIONS THROUGH BOTH CITY AND BUSH LANDSCAPES MY PLACE IN SOCIETY AND EXPLORES IDEAS OF A DISPLACED IDENTITY. CONCEPTUALLY I WAS INFLUENCED BY CONTEMPORARY ABORIGINAL ART AND THE ARTIST LIN ONUS, BOTH WHICH STRONGLY EMPHASISE DISPLACEMENT & DETACHMENT WITHIN SOCIETY.

CHOOSING TO PAINT IN BLACK & WHITE, STRIPS COLOUR FROM BOTH ENVRIONMENTS CREATING AN EERIE AND HAUNTING PARALLEL REFLECTING DISCONSOLATE EMOTIONS OF MYSELF.

THE LONE WHITE-OUT FIGURE PORTRAYS MY ISOLATION AND DETACHMENT FROM BOTH ENVIRONMENTS, NOT BEING A PART OF EITHER. BY CONTRASTING TWO VERY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES SHOWS A CONFUSION OF SELF AND TIRELESS SEARCH FOR HOME.

 

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Uploaded on October 30, 2007
Taken on August 24, 2007