fallen Painting

This painting is both a transcription and a study expressing my perceptions about soldiers’ return from the war zone. Transcription as it relates to Oliver Stone’s movie “Born on the Fourth of July” and what I believe is an analogy between the exposure of Tom Cruise’s character to the community and the screen presence of his wheelchair. Study in that I invite the viewer to reflect on his own attitude toward civic duties and responsibilities towards the community. Is it sufficient to compensate physical and/or mental disabilities that are in direct relation to performing patriotic duties with brand new accessories such as a wheelchair for example? I see the wheelchair and mobility scooter as canny substitutes for commitment, a proxy offering a false sense of fulfillment as citizen with their responsibility is merely it as a mere substitute which real purpose is another shot at appeasing the collective consciousness apathy and reluctance to commit whilst providing the . I am here using the for wheelchair refering to is a very strong and of but now part of a new series I am working on. I’ve anchored it in the social reality of the ghetto and its hardship. In combining ghetto’s swag and its mode of livelihood I aim to subject the viewer to the same kind of vicarious prospects on offer today on cable TV series.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:51.2 W x 51.2 H x 3.9 D in

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