BOAT PEOPLE series-12

Size: 1.6' x 2' acrylic on canvas

familiarity of the image is rooted in shifting identities of particular bodies; that of the ‘refugee’ afloat in the middle of the vast undefined ocean in a shared sense of ambiguity between ‘natureculture worlds’ in not being anchored by horizon or visible land. This work is the continuation of my Boat people series which was also about the extreme pain and suffering humans go through, as they are pushed into the predicament of loneliness and helplessness.