Korea

Korea

Koreaoil painting on canvas, 30x40cm

I decided to make an oil painting, because it was easier way for me to convey my message.
I wanted it to look joyful, because I have met a lot of Korean artists whose work looks happy and pleasant to eye.
Idea I had: Venus figurine represents mother Earth, her left boob is North Korea, and right South Korea.
North Korea has 6 known prison camps where children were born and grown (if they are lucky) in captivity.
Shin Dong-hyuk is one that escaped and there is book published “Escape from Camp 14”, about his escape.
Right boob is hamburger he ate when he arrived in America.
There is a wheel in the background of the figurine symbolizing traveling of this young man, who cannot find peace of his mind, although he escaped from the camp.

So grottage on the wheel represents — lack of freedom although he is not in the camp any more.

Oh chip chip chip

robby_wendyMy robot Robby has fallen in love
It’ a robot girl named Wendy
So he doesn’t listen to me anymore
and I have to call the store to change a chip in him
Oh chip chip chip

It has happened by accident
She, the Wendy came in with my boyfriend
He brought me flowers for the makeup
So we did not notice what’s hapenning next door
Oh chip chip chip

When we entered the room,
It was too late for changing the fate
Wendy and Robby were glued in an embrace of stone
Sounds Kiss me Kiss me prevailed in vain
Oh chip chip chip

goose bumps

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: a roughness of the skin produced by erection of its papillae especially from cold, fear, or a sudden feeling of excitement

“MIDWAY upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost…”

This work and Dante’s, getting nowhere, we realize that we are lost in the dark wood of meaning, that we have lost our way, that there is no right way, that we can try it 45 different ways and we’re still stuck trying to get started in medias res along the journey of our life, half way.
Where are we going? What is this hell, this language, this meaning?

Such an eerie and beautiful feeling.
goose bumps
by Al Filreis