collettivo culturale tuttomondo Jon Ching (USA)
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opera: Jon Ching, Mother Mycelium, 2021
Jon Ching è un artista autodidatta, nato a Kaneohe, Hawaii che attualmente vive e lavora a Los Angeles, California.
Gufi con piume di funghi, cavallucci marini dotati di rami, pesci con pinne di tulipano a strisce, pappagalli con la cresta di cristalli. Sono solo alcune delle creature fantastiche immaginate e dipinte a olio dall’artista.
Si tratta di incroci surreali fra realtà e fantasia in un ecosistema magico che visualizza le relazioni simbiotiche tra flora e fauna.
Ecco cosa dichiara l’artista:
“Sono ispirato dalla visione del mondo di molte culture indigene che venerano il mondo naturale e vedono Dio in ogni aspetto del nostro mondo vivente. Credo che questa prospettiva sia la chiave per le loro società sostenibili e che debba essere risvegliata nelle nostre società colonizzate.”
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Jon Ching s a self-trained artist originally from Kaneohe, Hawaii and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California
His work focuses mainly on wildlife, specifically birds- their diversity of skills, infinite combination of colours, patterns and details and the perfection of their evolution fascinates Jon and draws him to study their nature.
In his work, along with birds, Jon invites other creatures and habitats into his compositions. Deeply intrigued by symbiosis, both as a natural phenomenon and as a metaphor, Jon looks at the balance and relationship of organisms in the human world and depicts scenes of reflection. In his meticulously detailed rendering, his compositions are abundant and full of metaphor and subtle irony.
“I am inspired by the worldview of many Indigenous cultures that revere the natural world and see god in every aspect of our living world,” he tells Colossal. “I believe that perspective is key to their sustainable societies and one that must be reawakened in our colonized societies.”
opera: Jon Ching, Mother Mycelium, 2021