2021  •  30 x 40"  Show size

Acrylic On Canvas

This series was initially inspired by retro wallpaper patterns as a paradoxical response to human’s desire to be near nature through using the artificial to heal longings for the real. The green plant here symbolizes nature, vitality and endurance. The pot-like imagery representing human impact looks awkward and discordant regarding to its connection with the plant. As a metaphor of technological supremacy, the sci-fi-like background is processed as color blocks without any sign of life, even without shadows of the plant. In the form of a eulogy to all the house plants we’ve killed, each plant portrait here is a reflection on the ambivalent relationship among human, nature and technology.