These paintings explore the limits of language and the possibilities of meaning by portraying sets of ambiguous signs, marks, graphics empty of explicit significance. Thus, they display a form of asemic writing, a language without words or before words.
As an immigrant, I came to realize that some cultural references are untranslatable. So much is left unsaid and remains unspoken. Words are, sometimes, not enough. Yet, paradoxically, some words are often so overused they become meaningless. We might feel at a loss for words or that they cannot convey meaning anymore. Still, the impulse for communication persists.
As an immigrant, I came to realize that some cultural references are untranslatable. So much is left unsaid and remains unspoken. Words are, sometimes, not enough. Yet, paradoxically, some words are often so overused they become meaningless. We might feel at a loss for words or that they cannot convey meaning anymore. Still, the impulse for communication persists.
Tone, 2. Acrylic, enamel, gesso, charcoal, soft pastel, oil stick on canvas. 120x100cm
Unspoken, 6. Acrylic, enamel, oil stick on canvas. 148x126cm
Unspoken, 9. Acrylic, enamel, charcoal, oil stick on canvas. 156x220cm
Tone, 6. Acrylic, enamel, gesso, charcoal, soft pastel, oil stick on canvas. 150x150cm
Unspoken, 3. Acrylic, enamel, oil stick on canvas. 86x70cm
Unspoken ,5. Acrylic, enamel, charcoal, soft pastel, oil stick on canvas. 132x132cm
Tone, 8. Acrylic, enamel, gesso, charcoal, soft pastel, oil stick on canvas. 100x100cm
Tone, 7. Acrylic, enamel, gesso, charcoal, soft pastel, oil stick on canvas. 68x60cm
Unspoken ,7. Acrylic, enamel, charcoal, oil stick on canvas. 160x140cm
Unspoken, 8. Acrylic, enamel, charcoal, oil stick on canvas. 84x84cm
Tone, 4. Acrylic, enamel, charcoal, soft pastel, oil stick on canvas. 71x56cm