I believe personal items and living spaces constitute an individual’s personal life. I deconstruct and rebuild visual relationships as I draw figures, objects and space to explore the state of a person’s life.
“Deluge” is the theme of this new series. Flood, tsunami, collapse, storm are a few words
that keep surfacing in reports of natural disasters. Words such as “political tsunami” are also often used as expressions when describing political and economic climates. Malaysians are quite familiar with one natural disaster; floods. Just a foot of water may be enough to move a car. Flood waters can be seemingly gentle but dangerous in actual fact.
My paintings misappropriate IKEA publicity pictures, depicting the trademark minimalist interiors submerged in flood and erosion. This is to reflect the globalisation of consumerism that erodes a Malaysian’s identity where lifestyle, taste and even values are being replaced.
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The Unknown Adventure
2013 / Oil on linen / 200 x 360cm ( Diptych)
