Sometimes that's ok
Found Document in Gold Frame(A4), Screen-Printed Cotton Shirt(26x29inches), Paint, Thread, Mylar and Digital C-Prints( 28x40inches). Mixed-media Wall Installation (2015)
Artist Statement:
This project, reframes found photography and documentation surrounding my father’s traumatic death, it exposes this event to question taboos associated with suicide and reveals an aspect of the nature of loss. The prostrated reality of grief is explored by exposing some of the more visceral memories attached to the circumstances of death and describing details of the many complications surrounding the person, the body and the event. This undertaking mixes the grieving act of honoring and mourning with questioning the right to end one’s own life. Artistic production cheats death; in a way it sublimates and validates the act of living. Making work that deals with mortality pays tribute to humanity, for death is a universal experience. These creations are rituals that question religion and permanence, they are in their own way, coping mechanisms. The reality of uncertainty is exposed, and all of its consequences are inevitably accepted.
This project, reframes found photography and documentation surrounding my father’s traumatic death, it exposes this event to question taboos associated with suicide and reveals an aspect of the nature of loss. The prostrated reality of grief is explored by exposing some of the more visceral memories attached to the circumstances of death and describing details of the many complications surrounding the person, the body and the event. This undertaking mixes the grieving act of honoring and mourning with questioning the right to end one’s own life. Artistic production cheats death; in a way it sublimates and validates the act of living. Making work that deals with mortality pays tribute to humanity, for death is a universal experience. These creations are rituals that question religion and permanence, they are in their own way, coping mechanisms. The reality of uncertainty is exposed, and all of its consequences are inevitably accepted.
