An Estranged Homeland
is a response to cultural hybridity and my questioned identity, with the
perspective of Arcadian homelands and their deformed histories. Through a
series of self-portraits, this imagery depicts personal confrontation experienced when I visited Poland - and a
huge sense of rejection, displacement, emptiness, loss, sympathy and nostalgia
besieged me. It considers Polish expatriation and
homelessness in regards to nineteenth century artists who dealt with reconstructed
identities and the creation of the idealized homeland, referencing nationalism, history and a longing
for the past.
This work represents a new body of work- fresh ideas, fresh concepts. My main interest with this project has been layering and experimenting with techniques. I am so extremely excited with the potential of this project, and its only the beginning!
Experimenting with sugar-lift for buildings and intaglio for the figures.
Three images with screen-prints and etching
This is where I am currently at. I am working on the composition to portray dark and simple forms to evoke post-war anxiety.
The layers of architecture
Experimenting with composition and different possible drawings to convert into etching.
The Couple
Three Peasants
The Juxtaposition between past and present: Self-portrait vs' Stanczyk
The End
