Tied to a night
2008
Paper, adhesive, acrylic, sand, gloss and wood.
33 x 36 x 46 cm
Private collection - Melvin Lam
An erotic scene composed of mutated entangled limbs coated with a velvety layer of colored sand and oil paint. I sculpted a form with an economical and environmentally friendly approach, using old newspaper and adhesive, I resurrected the method of form making from my early school day of dabbling with paper-mache and making colorful paper masks. Based on a personal memory on relationships with other individuals and the way I feel towards these individual, I constructed a form from household objects and coated them with newspaper to create an uncomfortably blue organic body that hugs and makes love to itself.