Comet I: I'll Drift On My Hilltop And You Can Rest On Yours
By soph O
US$ 3,000
Overview
2014
Acrylic, Acrylic on wood
Unique Work
Dimensions: 100cm (H) x 100cm (W) x 2.5cm (D) / 39.4" (H) x 39.4" (W) x 1" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
Comet i: i’ll Drift on My Hilltop and You Can Rest on Yours reflects on the theme of insularity and continentally. There is a desire to demarcate territories, an urgency to establish a sense of place for both the visitor and the local. O was interested in the tensions that arise when the local leaves their own country to live somewhere else and after a while return. The native falls into the position of an outsider. A sense of deep displacement occurs for the one who has left, a sense of discomfort and uncanniness takes over. Home is no longer home; one becomes a stranger in his or her own land.
Artist profile
soph O
Hometown: Singapore
Based in: Singapore and San Francisco
Soph O is a Singaporean visual artist who collects and draws imagery that borders between the mundane and extraordinary. Her practice revolves around capturing transient moments and everyday stories, focusing on the notion of place and landscape, narration and abstraction which are translated through repetition, reiteration and recurrence onto drawings, …
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