INFATUATION

Infatuation
2012
digital print on silk
400x820mm

Colour Study for Infatuation
2012
840x594cm
(A status of Infatuation from top left to bottom right)
1. To me, infatuation is canary yellow with strong brush strokes. (An Orchid by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1941)
2. At first, you get that warm and fuzzy feeling... (Flowers, Purple Callas by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1987)
3. Then, passionate like a flame.
4. You start to open up, making yourself vulnerable. (Patio with Cloud by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1956)
5. Suddenly, either you get shutdown or you get cold. (Flowers, Green Amaryllis by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1987)
6. you are all bruised, hurt. (Imperial Pink Bud (top), Imperial Gold Bud (bottom) by Irving Penn, 1971)
7. In a distant memory, still bruised, but in more muted tones. (White Champion by Irving Penn, 1980)
8. sketch
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