Duckweed Composition 2 2021
The drawing “Duckweed composition” is the starting point of his research on the context surrounding duckweed – a familiar pond and water features. In the Vietnamese ancient folk song “Water-ferns drift, clouds float”, duckweed’s sense of floating metaphorically refers to people who live far away from their homeland with an uncertain future. The value of duckweed itself is debatable, as it’s a healthy source of nutrition for wildfowl and other aquatic wildlife and may help decontaminate water but also potentially causes toxic water condition. Therefore during the pandemic, the artist connects strongly with the subject, questioning profoundly his life values and position in a falling-apart society. In his drawing, he wants to capture sense of floating, sense of multiplying rapidly and quickly filling the drawing surface. Meticulously and therapeutically portraying the free-floating aquatic perennials, the artist becomes one with duckweed, which influences his personal decisions in life.
Duckweed Composition 1 2021
The drawing “Duckweed composition” is the starting point of his research on the context surrounding duckweed – a familiar pond and water features. In the Vietnamese ancient folk song “Water-ferns drift, clouds float”, duckweed’s sense of floating metaphorically refers to people who live far away from their homeland with an uncertain future. The value of duckweed itself is debatable, as it’s a healthy source of nutrition for wildfowl and other aquatic wildlife and may help decontaminate water but also potentially causes toxic water condition. Therefore during the pandemic, the artist connects strongly with the subject, questioning profoundly his life values and position in a falling-apart society. In his drawing, he wants to capture sense of floating, sense of multiplying rapidly and quickly filling the drawing surface. Meticulously and therapeutically portraying the free-floating aquatic perennials, the artist becomes one with duckweed, which influences his personal decisions in life.
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Koa Pham
Vietnam
Born in Vietnam and based in London, Koa Pham is an artist and qualified product designer graduated from MA Industrial Design in Central Saint Martin. In his works, he uses cross-disciplinary to research about narratives, blurring the boundaries between art and design by combining a variety of mediums: sculptural design objects, drawings and movie images. Objects, nature, and the complex relationship between them with humans is the centre of his artistic practice. He is interested in investigating how objects and natural could put an agency on human and influence their decision-making in life.