Uprooted Collage

On the sociological hierarchy table in "Socjologia" (2002, Piotr Sztompka – a Polish sociologist), only the ‘Social Action’ is not considered a physical movement. ‘Social Action’ theoretically assumes that humans vary their actions according to social contexts and how it will affect other people; when a potential reaction is not desirable, the action is modified accordingly. I experienced this social tendency during my living in Japan – a well-known Eastern society. It is a contrary to the Western ones, where people are more ambitious for personal growth and less connected to the people around them. From the broad differences between East and West that revolves around the concepts of ‘individualism’ and ‘collectivism’, it is obvious that history, geography and culture can impact on how we think and right down to our visual perception. In this work, the act of uprooting a malformed plant to search for its transforming reason reflects my own process of self-understanding in the re-adapting to my motherland, Vietnam. To Oriental people, being uprooted is an unfortunate thing that might lead to a solitary life. But is solitary also a necessity for being an artist? 'Uprooted' employs multiple mediums on a silk stretched across a wooden frame. In the traditional Vietnamese silk painting, the loose weaving of the silk allows artists to design a transparent effect of the entire composition. Hence, it usually matches with ink, watercolor, or gouache which flexibly affects to the opacity of the image. Nonetheless, by employing oil paint applied on the backside of the painting, the weaving texture of the silk is molded by these pasty pigments, and resulted in its own structure on the front side. Deconstructing the conventional fragile surface, I expect that my methodology may enable the silk painting to be inclusively appreciated by even the visually impaired people via their tactile sensation.

Collage:Oil on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric)

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:78.7 W x 55.1 H x 2.1 D in

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