“Portraits, especially at its peak era of popularity, were a disembodied public self-image. It is an instrument to exhibit sophistication and pride . . . Self- produced contents, be it stills or moving pictures, while serving as proof, also can be an instrument of deception, owing to the unlimited editing authority of a single creator.”
“All these subtle styling and editing could be done without witnesses, and if there is no witness, what hinders it from being accepted as truth?”
TOO BAD TO BE TRUE #1
2020, 101 x 81 cm, oil on canvas
TOO BAD TO BE TRUE #3
2019, 50 x 40 cm, oil on canvas
(L)Mirl
2020, 120 x 220 cm, oil on canvas
“In holding this exhibition, we are hoping to bring attunement between everyone that is experiencing the franticness of being drowned in constant noise, info-pollution, loss of identity and threat of disruption. We hope to reassure that this confusion is not on them, not because of their incompetence, but rather merely the syndrome of this era.”
TOO BAD TO BE TRUE #4
2020, 130 x 100 cm, oil and pastel on canvas
SUMBANG #1
(Discordant #1)
2020, 130 x 100 cm, oil and acrylic on canvas