"I-Migrant"
Jennifer and Philip DiNapoli Gallery
150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, California
October 5-30, 2018
dna kit
30”x 40”
Mixed Media- acrylic, gel xerographic image transfers, colored pencil, collage
For an average price of $30.00, anyone can avail to unlock their origins with a dna kit . The wonders of genetic science will pinpoint anyone’s heritage and cultural identity. The body, the face, and the color of skin are not measures of one's true self.
transporters
30”x40”
Mixed Media- acrylic and gel xerographic image transfer
A ballet of transporters criss-cross a very busy hallway of an airport. They bring many pieces of luggage, belongings of migrants and travelers on the move towards their destinations. They transform people from their old lives to a new path, a new promising and uncertain world.
"Collaborations"
Jennifer and Philip DiNapoli Gallery
150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, California
September 7 -28, 2018
top row-left to right:
i was not the bullet (ice cream alien remix )
24" x 36"
Mixed media- decal image transfer and acrylic paint
The title of Eric Cartman’s (South Park) rap song from the episode "World War Zimmerman" has deeper meaning aside from the comedic and satirical messages. There is a rhetorical question about gun violence that plagues the society presently- who is really responsible? Is it the perpetrator who commits the crimes or the jury who set them free?
amalfi sirens
30" x 24"
Mixed media- acrylic medium image transfer,acrylic paint, pen and ink
The Amalfi coast is a magical place in with wonderful tales of sirens from antiquity. The picturesque coast beacons the voyages of courageous adventurers and intrepid sailors into unknown lands. The story of Amalfi sirens abound the region. Everywhere, the symbol of mermaids and sirens adorn the local shops and public spaces from Sorrento to Ravello and in the Isle of Capri.
red + white (son 2 father remix)
24" x 36"
Mixed media- decal image transfer, acrylic paint, acrylic medium image transfer
Two hybrid human-rooster gladiators are in a locked battle pose. “Sabong”, a gamecock fight spectator sport, is a cultural heritage in Southeast Asia that is similar to Spain’s bullfights. By using the human form, the game becomes a vivid violent and senseless event. Rather than glorifying the sport, the image condemns this form of entertainment as another cruel act against animals.
bottom row-left to right:
paper gods (black invader remix)
24" x 36"
Mixed media- decal image transfer and acrylic paint
The depiction of the creation myths are always a spectacular themes in art. From the void emanates something and from nothing comes being. Immortal warriors battles celestial leviathans in a struggle to balance the universe.
lost in the garden of hindsight (touch of gold remix)
24" x 36"
Mixed media- decal image transfer, acrylic medium image transfer,acrylic paint, colored pencil
The lessons we learn in our lives is always better after hindsight. Unfortunately, we cannot go back in time to undo the things that we did. The untimely tragic loss of lives opens a world of possibilities that we can never realize; our paths changes as well as our destinations. The people that we lost and the decisions that we make drive us into who we are right now.
"Allegories"
GACCE Group Exhibit at The Phantom Gallery
457 E. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas California
July 23, 2018-September 14, 2018
left to right:
“how soon is now?
24 x 30”
Mixed media - acrylic paint and ink, markers, gel image transfers and collage
“how soon is now?’ is taken from the song by the “The Smiths” of the same title. The work is all about the personal epiphanies and “absolute truths” that we discover from our most deepest reflections. It deals with our relationship with our inner selves in reaction to our external realities. We are not the same person today as we were yesterday. We are beings of perpetual motions and changes.
Mixed media - acrylic paint and ink, markers, gel image transfers and collage
“how soon is now?’ is taken from the song by the “The Smiths” of the same title. The work is all about the personal epiphanies and “absolute truths” that we discover from our most deepest reflections. It deals with our relationship with our inner selves in reaction to our external realities. We are not the same person today as we were yesterday. We are beings of perpetual motions and changes.
elevation
24” x 30”
Mixed Media - acrylic paint and ink, gel image transfers and collage
Breaking through the limits and boundaries in one’s life were the main discourses of “elevation”. The changes in our lives and society have two sides - beneficial or detrimental. As human beings, we are all capable of adapting to thrive and to commit the most horrible things.
Mixed Media - acrylic paint and ink, gel image transfers and collage
Breaking through the limits and boundaries in one’s life were the main discourses of “elevation”. The changes in our lives and society have two sides - beneficial or detrimental. As human beings, we are all capable of adapting to thrive and to commit the most horrible things.
things that we lost in the fire
24” x 30”
Mixed Media - acrylic paint and ink, gel image transfers and collage
Fire represents the physical cataclysmic force of unplanned changes. Natural calamities such as tsunamis, wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc., destroys properties and lives as nature exerts her powers indiscriminate-ly. In human interventions and wars, fires represent disruptions and displace-ments of people that leads to refugees and humanitarian crisis. All of these events culminate into a question whether to build up again where everything was destroyed or to move on to a another place for a new start.
Mixed Media - acrylic paint and ink, gel image transfers and collage
Fire represents the physical cataclysmic force of unplanned changes. Natural calamities such as tsunamis, wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc., destroys properties and lives as nature exerts her powers indiscriminate-ly. In human interventions and wars, fires represent disruptions and displace-ments of people that leads to refugees and humanitarian crisis. All of these events culminate into a question whether to build up again where everything was destroyed or to move on to a another place for a new start.
precision and decay
24” x 30”
Mixed Media- acrylic paint, gel image transfers and collage
The idea of heavy machinations and stalwart technology to replace human labor for a better production is a fallacy. Survey a landscape of a dumpsite and one will see discarded apparatus of extinct appliances (e.g. fax machines, VHS players, typewriters, etc.). There are multitudes of situations that only a live person can undertake. Surgeries are still done by the steady hands of a surgeon. Art is only discernible by the heart of an artist.
Mixed Media- acrylic paint, gel image transfers and collage
The idea of heavy machinations and stalwart technology to replace human labor for a better production is a fallacy. Survey a landscape of a dumpsite and one will see discarded apparatus of extinct appliances (e.g. fax machines, VHS players, typewriters, etc.). There are multitudes of situations that only a live person can undertake. Surgeries are still done by the steady hands of a surgeon. Art is only discernible by the heart of an artist.
the annunciation of the postbiological people
24” x 30”
Mixed Media- acrylic paint, gel image transfers and collage
I came across the word “postbiological” man from the graphic novel “Transmetropolitan” in the early 1990’s when social media and the internet was barely in existence. It was an idea that one’s consciousness (the soul) can be transferred into a matrix of computer servers- thus achieving “immortality”. Nowadays, it is a common phenomenon that everyone in the world could up-load their profile and their “essence” into Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Is this the way to our own immortality, a pixelated paradise?
Mixed Media- acrylic paint, gel image transfers and collage
I came across the word “postbiological” man from the graphic novel “Transmetropolitan” in the early 1990’s when social media and the internet was barely in existence. It was an idea that one’s consciousness (the soul) can be transferred into a matrix of computer servers- thus achieving “immortality”. Nowadays, it is a common phenomenon that everyone in the world could up-load their profile and their “essence” into Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Is this the way to our own immortality, a pixelated paradise?
time is a distance you can’t retract by miles
24” x 30”
Mixed Media- acrylic paint, gel image transfers and collage
The journeys, both physical and psychological, that we make in our lives are marked with portals of changes that we cannot return from. Embracing the imperfections make life perfect. Most of our plans are do not usually materialize and are lost in the many unexpected scenarios. However, those detours, in many cases, lead us to our most exciting places and the most serene sanctuaries.
Mixed Media- acrylic paint, gel image transfers and collage
The journeys, both physical and psychological, that we make in our lives are marked with portals of changes that we cannot return from. Embracing the imperfections make life perfect. Most of our plans are do not usually materialize and are lost in the many unexpected scenarios. However, those detours, in many cases, lead us to our most exciting places and the most serene sanctuaries.