When I Become You
US$ 4,800
Overview
2019
Oil Paint, Oil on linen
Unique Work
Dimensions: 70cm (H) x 90cm (W) x 3cm (D) / 27.6" (H) x 35.4" (W) x 1.2" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
Shipping
This item ships from Singapore
Please note that this item is unframed and will be shipped flat
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About the art
Artist statement
This artwork is accompanied by an original poem -
When I Become You
When I relate to something
I still imagine it as separate from me
And I understand it in relationship to me
And everything I experience about it is only in terms of myself
I engage in memory and expectation
And I can only know the other to the extent of my current learned knowledge
But when I realize that at the core of myself and the other is a common space
A common indefinable identity
I am able to intuitively sense so much more than I already know
I then don't relate to the other
I simply become the other
Artist profile
Deepa Khanna Sobti
Born: 1969
Hometown: Singapore
Based in: Singapore
I am a Singaporean artist, poet and philanthropist. I write a unique poem for every painting that I make and both the painting and the poem are exhibited together. My art style is abstract impressionist and I only use oil paints as a medium and only palette knife as tools. …
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