Sam Tan's reflections:
"I’m drawn to specific visual forms that could
be cellular-like structures, and when I start to back away from my works,
then I realize—oh, they do reference a lot of what’s seen
in scientific work. For example, in the mindful
landscape series, I had the idea of using two separate and contrasting
sets of images. One is orange line-work, which is ambiguous enough to
allow different interpretations of the images. It could be seen as a
stylistic rendition of a landscape, a physical landscape, or it could
also evoke images of tree branches or even arterial structure that’s
found in the human body. And in the blue biomorphic forms that are seen
in the background, they could evoke cellular forms that are found within
our human body, and alternatively they could also be seen as elements
of a physical landscape, such as stones and rocks."
"Overall, I think that my abstract paintings
evoke a sense of vulnerability. By that I mean vulnerability to
change in an all-encompassing manner, not just in a negative sense,
but vulnerability to changes such as growth and different stages
of life as well as aging and disease. As a child I was diagnosed with
thalassemia minor, which is a medical condition that’s physically
expressed in such a way that it could be seen as anemia and that
has left me with a sense of vulnerability. So in retrospect, I do
feel a connection with the work of the scientists that are working
very hard to alleviate a range of medical conditions." |
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