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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 30 W x 24 H x 0.8 D in
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This painting depicts slices of watermelon painted on a blue background of watermelon vines and leaves. Featured on top of the image of the slices are words formatted into a fragment of a typical multiple-choice question often used in western academic testing: “1. Which term best des(cribes the image?) a) Тарвас Tarvas b) Шийгуа Shiigua c) Арбуз Arbuz d) None of the above”. The painting recalls my visits to fruit markets in Mongolia and the signs I saw there. The fruit, watermelon, is called by three different names interchangeably in the country and you see evidence of that in the market stalls and price tags. The question in the painting is a trick one, considering none of the answers are incorrect.
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:30 W x 24 H x 0.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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There are many customs and rituals that are participated in because of the precedents others have set. The Mongolian custom of shaking someone’s hand if you step on their foot is an example I often give. This custom can be seen commonly practiced by everyone in Mongolia regardless of whether they are complete strangers or not. Initially, when such rituals were first practiced or created I imagine there must have been a more apparent, explicit reasoning for them [you do A because of B], but as these rituals and customs traverse time the reasons become less apparent; you shake hands when you step on someone’s foot but the why isn’t explained, you just do it because it's common custom and etiquette. The same can be said for many aspects of language. How the forms of different letters, words, phrases, sounds came to be are all questions that drive my work. Then how these different aspects of language are related to symbol/symbolism and can be visualized is what manifests in my paintings. I paint words and translations to display how disparate symbols can mean the same thing, represent the same image. A letter can be painted a million different ways but still be recognizable as something familiar. In the end, words can still be made. But what happens when the symbols presented are not ones in your present visual vocabulary? I paint and try to visualize how things like language can connect people but also create barriers.
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