Tezos

CHICAGO

Creator

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Description

Ink on paper || 2012 This image is very colourful, surreal and full of geometric shapes. My father being an engineer, had many rulers with different shapes and I used to get take them (without him knowing) so I could draw patterns in a better way. The central image is representing myself, with my mouth shut – by others but mostly by my own hands. The relationship I had with this artist, despite being brief, had many toxic and abusive traits to it. Therefore, I appear bigger than the couple acting here as a judge that in a calculated way will ponder about what they believe to be the truth or best for others. A symbolism for a justice that is blind and absent. I incorporate many elements of this work in my current pieces, such as the upside buildings and heart. Drawing upside gives us a chance to look at things from a different perspective and inevitably transgress the original meaning. This drawing was made once he moved back to Chicago, and I felt like again I was being left behind. Feelings of abandonment and rejection are old friends of mine, and with the little emotional intelligence I had back then I can see how I escalated the fact that he simply had to go home, transforming his action in a personal attack to myself. The hearts here seem to be falling and will eventually drop dead as they usually they do. I played with geometric forms trying to convey some characteristics of Chicago, like the wind and intense cold. The whole image is broken by many lines and shapes, and this is due to the confusing way my thoughts present itself in this world. Chicago is a place from my memory that I have never been. My father told me stories about the time he travelled to America and a particular episode when his shoes were stuck in the heavy snow. The way he described the heavy winds and unbearable cold is something that stuck with me. I was 21 years old when I drew Chicago. Such a young mind yet carrying a lot in their back already. This excessively colourful image attempts to hide, just like a chameleon, the grey of my life. In the end of the day, this is a means to deviate the attention of the main topic – which was I feel incredibly lonely.

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