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Weapon
Weapon
Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings (Oil)
72 x 26 x 0.24
$5,000.00
Artwork #
811
Artist's Statement
“Weapon” is one of my commodity series artwork. Painted on 6 feet tall and quarter-inch-thick aluminum that weighs 50 lbs, I hope to achieve the monumental visual impact through the worm’s eye view and physicality.
I am seduced by beautiful consumer products whose properties attract the eye and invite the mind to contemplate objects of desire through aesthetic values of balance, harmony, symmetry, and grace, that raise the consciousness and elevate the soul to recognize something which holds the capacity to move us wordlessly. However, I reject the banal innocence of pretty items by infusing beauty with foreboding threats in a social and psychological context. “Weapon” questions conventional beauty in the context of femininity, sexuality, and the male gaze, provoking conversations around topics of the femme fatale, feminist identity, and male supremacy.
