Closure (2013-2014)
‘Closure’ depicts the exploration of memory through objects that which represents the life and times in the place of the dead. By painting over multiple layers of resin to create a representation of physical objects, the process mimics the clinical aspect of memory retrieval as the layers of resin and paint imitate the retracing of memory that occurs in the subjective experience of remembering, longing and healing.
This series deals with the raw stages of grief with the sudden demise of my aunt in February 2013. Hence, in dealing with grief, my practice has evolved into an exploration of the memories I have left of my aunt: painting evocative objects related to her on multiple layers of resin, and subsequently encasing them within layers of resin like a memory locker as a means of immortalizing my memories of her.