Public Pool No. 2

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  Public Space Versus Private Space | 2014

For my series “Public Space verses Private Space” I explored the concept of googling the term “dream houses”. I am not sure what I was looking for. My own desires? Or was I simply a voyeur of other’s desires? Through this experiment I became interested in the aesthetics of contemporary villas. I explored aspects of private life and intimacy in the context of alienated, large scale architecture. Montaging miscellaneous elements on my pictorial surface lead me to question the similarities between the aesthetics of architecture designed for luxury home-living and representational public spaces. A symbolic motif that appears in each painting of this series, is a swimming pool, whether a public facility or the ornament of a private home.