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More Paintings by Mong-Lan |
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During the early '90s, I painted these life-size acrylic
paintings below. The paintings are somewhat abstract, dealing with the
natural world, the skies, trees and ocean, forms both geometric and organic,
movement and memory. I was also influenced by the European cathedrals
I visited, especially in France-- walking inside them and being moved by the
stained glass, to see what light flowed through. I
started these paintings when I was living in Houston during the early 90's and continued them when
I moved to San Francisco in 1993. I had this idea of building
these frames that jutted out from the paintings, like painful appendages of
oneself. It was an impractical idea, in the end, because it was indeed
painful to transport them. |
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Mong-Lan, Triptych: "Incorporeal Intrusion,
1994,
91" x 152"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain |
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Mong-Lan, Triptych:
"Forced Memory"
1993,
87" x 211"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain |
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Mong-Lan, Detail
from panel one
Triptych:
"Forced Memory"
1993,
87" x 211"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain
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Mong-Lan, Detail
from panel two
Triptych:
"Forced Memory"
1993,
87" x 211"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain
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Mong-Lan, Detail
from panel three
Triptych:
"Forced Memory"
1993,
87" x 211"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain
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Mong-Lan, Four
panels: "Person with Calloused Feet
& Hands that Remember"
1993,
94" x 305"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain |
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Mong-Lan, Detail
of panel one:
"Person with Calloused Feet
& Hands that Remember"
1993,
94" x 305"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain
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Mong-Lan, Detail
of panel two:
"Person with Calloused Feet
& Hands that Remember"
1993,
94" x 305"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain
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Mong-Lan, Detail
of panel three: "Person with Calloused Feet
& Hands that Remember"
1993,
94" x 305"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain
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Mong-Lan,
Detail
of panel four: "Person with Calloused
Feet
& Hands that Remember"
1993,
94" x 305"
Acrylic on canvas, wood, stain
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