A Childhood Lost, 2008
Cyanotype and oil pastels on canvas
Cyanotype and oil pastels on canvas
Women Painters West, Lynne Babior Award, 2008
On countless occasions, memories from childhood in Burma come to me. Some of them are so vague, some very vivid. When I look back, I see myself as the same kid who used to run around the neighborhood of narrow streets with my siblings. I haven’t changed. Have I?
I received a box full of photographs from my mother. They are family portraits taken at different occasions when I was a child. They represent the childhood once I have had, also the childhood that I have lost.
By making this art piece using the old photographs and kid drawings, I try to relive the moments of childhood that I have long lost, hoping to ensure myself that I have had them at one time.
1 comment:
My dear Nilay,
I happened to find your blog and feet very touching!!!...
Love,
Su Khine
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