Leon Leong
aisyalam The Tree Nation – Twister No. 6, 2023
Opaque watercolour & composition gold leaf on Samarkand silk paper
12.3 cm (diameter of image)
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“AISYALAM The Tree Nation is an allegorical take of a nation we know well, yet, in some ways, know so little about. The work taps into the psyche of a...
“AISYALAM The Tree Nation is an allegorical take of a nation we know well, yet, in some ways, know so little about. The work taps into the psyche of a nation that was once reported as having its people live in trees, portrayed as little better than glorified savages talked about in hushed tones by those spared such indignities. The report has since been erased but the idea lives on in the consciousness of its people.
Could there be some truth in it?”
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