Family Archive
Mixed media on canvas, 50 x 70 cm (works 1–2)
Acrylic on paper (works 3–4)
Papier-mâché (work 5)
2019
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When I began this project, I explored my family archive photos. I started using a method I often employ in my drawings: drawing with a limitation: focusing only on the photo and not looking at the paper itself. After creating many drawings, I decided to apply the same approach to painting. In the first two canvases (both 50 × 70 cm), I used this method for the initial layer and then completed the works using acrylic, oil, soft pastels, colored pencils, and other media.
The two paintings in the second row are preparatory works created before I began the series on canvas. Both feel mysterious to me, with hands appearing in the frame as if out of nowhere. Around the same time, I was also exploring papier-mâché, and the forms I created with it ended up closely resembling the shapes and gestures in my paintings.
This project allowed me to engage more deeply with my family and sparked many conversations about the photos with different family members.
The two paintings in the second row are preparatory works created before I began the series on canvas. Both feel mysterious to me, with hands appearing in the frame as if out of nowhere. Around the same time, I was also exploring papier-mâché, and the forms I created with it ended up closely resembling the shapes and gestures in my paintings.
This project allowed me to engage more deeply with my family and sparked many conversations about the photos with different family members.