Anu
Acrylic on canvas painting, 6ft x 8ft & video installation
Acrylic on canvas painting, 6ft x 8ft & video installation
Much of the culture of the East that was once caricatured as a melting pot of
exoticism is, ironically, still viewed today as alien or even considered
repressive from the vantage point of the privileged West.
In my work, I hope to explore these Eastern narratives, as well as drawing
on my own experiences; in this way I seek to depict it as both glorious and
inviting. Inspired by my travels and experience my interpretation is, of
course, tainted by a Western perspective. But these contradictions are
allowed to be played out, and are represented within colour opposition that
portray energy, clash of activity and even chaos, through a combination of
forms – film, media and painting. Influenced by Asian works of art and
film, my work particularly combines the elaborateness of Eastern film
culture alongside the incorporation of film footage which attempts to
explore the complexities of the contemporary context. Mythological
and contemporary themes within my work highlight the continuous conflict
between actuality and belief revealed by an on going
Orientalism.