A bout de soufle

Description

This abstract painting was created during MCO as a response to the emotional and financial instability I experienced during the time. It is a representation of the cumulative fear and pain I experienced due to the rising Covid-19 cases, unstable Malaysian political climate, the Black Lives Matters protest in the US, the detention of undocumented migrants and the general malaise and uncertainty of the time. It was a difficult time for myself and the local and international communities and it seemed like no one was able to catch a breath.

This artwork was inspired by the Abstract Expressionist art movement of the post World War period. I felt connected to the sense of apocalyptic doom that artists and the public were feeling at the time.

This painting was created in my bedroom in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur.