Identity Painting

Perhaps, this work is inspired by the work of Jasper Johns. Everyday we are submerged by ways to identify, categorize, and label us. Credit cards, drivers licenses, ID cards, access cards - can we exist without these? Can we even know who we are except through these worldly tags. I used the Tamil alphabet as well as the English to spell my name, how I still don't know who I am despite all these tags. I wanted to create a three dimensional effect with gesso layers to re-emphasize the hold these tags have on us; unless we ignore these tags we can never really reach who we are.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:36 W x 24 H x 0.5 D in

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