Soul Parts

Soul Parts is a body of work consisting of ink paintings using traditional Chinese ink and paper, oil paintings, and poetry. Emerging from earlier explorations of the internal fragmentation of self we experience living in a world that constantly asks us to compromise and sacrifice in different ways, and  that means for those parts of ourselves we relinquish, this body of work looks outward.  

The work is a meditation on finding moments of belonging in unlikely spaces. A shared language of creativity and dreams of freedom that transcend language and cultural difference. It is a record of sitting in and embracing discomfort, risking misunderstanding and alienation for the chance of brief moments of connectedness and love. It is also a reflection of the tensions inherent in the negotiations of power, of feeling small but living boldly, much like ants relentlessly building new dreams when the old ones are torn down. I was inspired by a relentless litany of ‘can do’ from the artists, poets, theatre practitioners and musicians I met, encouraging experimentation and hybridity.

Most of the works are created with traditional Chinese materials, ink and xuan paper, and mounted in China.

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