This vibrant artwork features a captivating juxtaposition of colors and shapes. The predominant hues are warm tones of yellow and orange, which radiate outwards from the center, creating a sense of movement and energy. The composition is bold, with distinct geometric patterns that intertwine, evoking a seamless fusion of modern and traditional elements. The subject matter appears to depict a traditional Asian hat or headdress, a recognizable symbol that grounds the piece in a cultural context. The overall artistic style combines elements of abstract expressionism and pop art, showcasing the artist's unique and dynamic approach to visual storytelling. This work celebrates the intersection of cultural heritage and contemporary artistic expression. ...
Charles Ly creates oil paintings which slip and slide between realistic and surreal registers. Sources of inspiration for the artist are family, food, and the city of Rạch Giá in Vietnam, where his family emigrated to America from. Each body of work functions like a photo album. Intimate tableaux of families eating together meet quotidian scenes of butchers at work, or the sun setting across busy city centres. With a great sense of care, immense detail will go into the folds of a dumpling, the ornate patterns of a noodle bowl or a floral print on a family member’s pyjamas. Seemingly operating in a plane of memory rather than direct portrayals, the paintings are sensorially rich. This rousing, atmospheric quality is dramatically heightened through his works portraying surreal and otherworldly depictions. In these contrasting pieces, Ly plays with scale and context, placing boxes of spring rolls like floating ships afloat in seas, with hands holding chopsticks reaching down from the clouds. The fluidity between these two painterly styles imaginatively stretches ideas surrounding commerce, culture and diaspora which feed his practice. ...
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