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Ancestors
My paintings start with photographs. The idea of loss, illusion and memory, and how it is shaped and recorded by photography is the basis for my work. In the series titled "Ancestors," I interpreted the setting and the era by studying a selection of old family photographs. Through a process of scraping and deleting, resulting images became distorted. I like to think I grasped the essence of the character either by physical stance, color, or psychological analysis, but in reality I have added personal references to these distant relatives in the hope of connecting to my past.
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