Queen of Deer
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The Queen of Deer
2019
Digital print
Description: The chronicle of “Glass Palace” by Amitav Ghosh refers to various folklore and oral-histories in Burma such as myths of supernatural and traditional characters. The first kingdom of Burma called the “Dagaung” Period had a powerful king called “Dudtaboung.” He was descended from the half deer and half human species. According to the story, a man from the palace moved to the forest and turned to monkhood. One day a female deer drank his urine and became pregnant, giving birth to a beautiful girl called "Bedayi". She became the queen and gave birth to King Dudtaboung. I enjoy these folk stories and how people believed in the relations between humans, animals and environment. These works attempt to create realities inspired from folktales that inspire what philosophies were dominant and consider reality again.
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Aung Myat Htay
Born: 1974
Hometown: Mandalay
Based in: Yangon
Aung Myat Htay is an artist/writer, Independent curator from Yangon Myanmar. He explore the freedom of expressions with a contemporary sense of traditional forms. By the successful (10) solo and many group shows in local and international, he presented work in several regions of Asia including Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, …
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