So That's What They Were Looking For...

The winning paintings and photographs are now on exhibit in the Esplanade and the underpass leading to the Esplanade...

I've seen them...

In a weird way, I'm rather glad that I didn't make it... (see prev entry http://masterchocoindryice.blogspot.com/2005/07/three-didnt-make-it.html)

How so? Why so?

Well, the winning photograph depicts a naked woman sitting cross legged on the floor in an industrial building with her back facing the viewer. Her head is lowered such that all the viewer sees is her back and her head is out of sight. What's most disturbing about the photograph is that right above this woman is a huge pile of suspended bricks... The bricks were flushed with her lowered head creating the illusion of the bricks crashing onto her hidden from view head...

It was extremely disturbing... The photographer was probably trying to show how suppressed and how much stress people generally are in this society which is continually undergoing re-construction...

The very conceptualisation of this photograph tells me a great deal about the artist who created it... Angst, suppression, dissatisfaction... Great expression, nevertheless... but a very unhappy artist he/she must be...

The same could be said for 90% of the other winning paintings and photographs... much anger, angst, helplessness, confusion... Very expressive but at the same time, unhappy people at work... Well at least, there's these like-minded judges who reward them by giving them such recognition and awards... So their unhappiness and displeasure with life did not go to waste...

How ironic... but that's the way it goes...

Hence, coming back to my entries, I'm pretty glad that I didn't make it... It probably just confirms that I'm NORMAL and I don't have such great displeasures to express in my work...

Heheh... I only know how to create nice and pleasant looking photographs... I'll probably continue to do so still... :)