Intent / Phantom of Ego series
Intent, Phantom of Ego/Armour Series, 2020
Cast Blackwoods Crystal
20 x 65 x 5 cm
Intent explores the glorification of violence in the pursuit of power. That might equals to right. The idea of having the bigger gun (or blade in this case) leads to the bigger say. Modeled after the legendary weapon of a revered Chinese warrior Guan Yu, who has since been deified into a god and symbol of loyalty, righteousness, and bravery, I wanted to examine the acts that lead to this image of power. By creating an object of beauty out of a symbol of death and violence, I want to question the nature of conflict and its true ability to serve the ideal it fights for - the handle, a wash of blood red (represents the intent and spirit of the wielder), transforms into the fuming, polluted, swirling chaos in the blade. Violence even done under good intentions transforms irreversibly into something else. Questioning if violence is ever noble?
