Bubbly fantasia

Acrylic on linen, 2023
A set of four paintings in various sizes

 

Bubbly fantasia, exhibited at Umarell, Paos Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 8-24 July 2023

 

Images of exulting characters from propaganda art and fairy tales inspired my body of paintings exhibited at Umarell - Hong Kong Arts School / RMIT University Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) graduation show. My works sabotage the one-sidedness of propaganda by distorting their narratives, displacing the propaganda heroes for a new dialogue with the fairies. By appropriating found images and subverting them to construct an exuberant wonderland, I contort the fixity of their beliefs and recreate a narration to reflect the absurdity and ambivalence of their utopian pursuits.

 

Dinner with fox and stork, 2023, acrylic on linen, 75cm x 50cm

Get set, go, 2023, acrylic on linen, 40cm x 40cm

Sunday carnival, 2023, acrylic on linen, 183cm x 100cm

Someone sneezes on the battlefield, 2023, acrylic on linen, 75cm x 100cm