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Mute Eating Goldthread (Green) Painting
Australia
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 39 W x 59 H x 1 D in
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Showed at the The Other Art Fair
Artist featured in a collection
About The Artwork
‘Greet each patient with a smile, and they will feel better’, as my consultant used to say, doubtless repeating advice other doctors once passed to him. So I too wear a smile. An attitude of stoicism is a pervasive feature of medical culture. Despite the stressors faced by doctors, these unspoken pressures are concealed behind a smile of equanimity. Renowned though its medicinal properties may be, the taste of the herb Goldthread is bitter. My ancestors of the Southern Song Dynasty coined the idiom: ‘mute eating Goldthread’ to describe the idea of suffering in silence. A mute, with Goldthread overflowing their palette - bitterness that only the self can know; an ineffable sorrow that through no words can they share. So I smile.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39 W x 59 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Australia
Surname: Lau; given names: Kai Yang. Born in Sarawak, Malaysia. Chinese ancestry. Presently living in Adelaide. Medium of choice: oil paint.
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Handpicked to show at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art in Sydney, Sydney
Artist featured by Saatchi Art in a collection
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