Technique & medium: Dripping technique with acrylics on canvas.

What are the thoughts behind this exhibition?
I’d like to portray the aggression against nature, and how if we observe it more carefully, aesthetics are there to be seen. It’s almost like watching two boxers hitting each other in a boxing ring. Even though they’re fighting, their forms and movements are beautiful.

Can you tell us about the dripping technique?
I was inspired by the famous American expressionist artist Jackson Pollock. First I’d lay the canvas on the floor, walk around it and splash paint all over it. Then I’d hang the canvas on the wall, and begin the dripping process. I call the way I work “hyper reality” because I manually move the canvas to control the dripping.

What is the significance of the title being incorporated into the piece?
Every artwork has its title painted across them. The titles, while all made up, represent coldness and inaccessibility. They give you that same passive feeling as the names of chemicals or medicine. They also break up the aesthetics of the paintings, almost defile them, which portrays the paradox in the beauty of destruction.

What’s your message to the viewers?
My artworks don’t have didactic value. They’re not there for the purpose of preaching. I don’t believe that a didactic artwork can offer the same level of profound emotional impact.

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