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Before and after science
2010
Cement, wire, oil, acrylic industrial paint, ping pong balls, necklace, hooks, wood, screws, paper mache and steel chain.
94 x 52 x 26 cm
Shortlisted in the Starhill Gallery's Visual Arts Awards (VAA), 2010

Before and after science embodies a hodge-podge of styles, cultures, ideologies and materials. The organic-looking forms are constructed out of craft materials though the forms are derived from mass-produced objects such as plastic utensils and ping pong balls. Nature or the essence of it is thickly coated with a tone of “plastic” colors to imply an embodiment of duality, nature co-existing with the man-made. This wall-mounted construction is neither sculpture nor painting, though it steals elements from those practices to exist. It is merely a construction, an art-object that relies on the collection and joining of the detritus of society and culture for its body to have form and for its soul to awaken. The title taken from Brian Eno’s fifth studio album which I listened to during the creation of this work describes how mysteries and mutations could exist either harmoniously or in friction in this day and age. This art-object exudes a sense of mystery due to the forms, materials and color and that is further hinted with the title. Before the birth of science, myths roamed the earth and after the creation of science, new myths are created.