Tiger Tiger, mixed media on re purposed canvas 36×36 inches Color Uncode, silk screen on molded aluminum 12×24 inches I’m a Lot like You, calligraphic painting at Alpha Art Gallery Hide in Plain Sight @ Da Vinci Gallery 2016
Typecast at Hillyer Gallery, DC
âMore of the sameâ – always a safe bet – familiar and predictable. So deep is the dependence on the âfamiliar and safeâ, that the choice by default is always that which has been previously experienced â âtrue and triedâ – a popular justifications! The consciousness however is forever expanding and morphingâŠit seeks new insights and new ways of beingâŠeven though the love of âtypecastâ makes one conform to accepted codes of decorum for fear of rejection. Need for validation curbs the capacity to love the self and others. These works, âIâm a lot like Youâ, âTiger Tigerâ and âDuskâ are mixed media paintingsâŠall of them done on reclaimed canvases, depicting a changed perspective simply from being rendered over an existing image â an existing story that no longer holdsâŠ
On another level, these works actually use type as a visual tool. The Arabic script of the title of âQuranâ, the Islamic holy text, words resonating William Blakeâs poem â âThe Tigerâ and words hidden in the negative space inside a shape depicting the national flag. Liberation and tolerance, âuntypecastâ is the common string in these works.
