*the image on the left is the deck as I received it, and it was what I had to work with. It was broken, it smelled, and it had these stickers that were so difficult to remove. The image on the right, is what I came up with, after a month and half of hard labor (actually, on and off work, depending on how lazy I was that day.)
Bear VS Zombie
Oil on wood, 95cm x 35cm
One of the pieces that will be shown at “A Skateboard Dexhibition” by FN Designs
Artists Statement:
Yellow is the color of fear. Fear is the stuff of nightmares.
In nightmares, things aren’t always what they seem; strange is the norm and crazy is ordinary.
My surreal nightmare playground is made up of moths, candy pills, zombies and blood dripping from the walls.
In this hallucigen induced parody of a dream, i have only one companion to call my own: a pathetic teddy bear.
But it is after all, only a nightmare, and my subconcious mind decides how the tide turns; an ordinary teddy bear suddenly grows fangs and defeats the very zombies that threatened to overwhelm my fear.
This unreality taking place inside my subconcious mind is a manifestation of the ills of my benign day to day existence, which longs for the adrenaline rush of terror. I wish to leave the viewer with a sense of unstability; overwhelmed with the jarring juxtapozition of the pretty and the scary, defined in the intricately rendered details of each individual element.
We interrupt our regular programming to bring you:
FAKiE
and
Ramp Opening Party
A Skateboard Dexhibition by FN Designs
In 2010 FN Designs presented FAKiE: a skateboard dexhibition for the first time in the Middle East. Now 30 artists from around the UAE have again been selected for FAKiE 2012. This show comes with a certain twist, as the artists were given used, worn-out and broken boards to work with. I had no idea what would become of these dusty old boards, but was very excited to see how through the unique collaboration between the markings that were left behind by the skater and those imposed by the artists and designers, they might be transformed into something new. The anticipated end product was a mystery to me..
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