2021–2022
Art NZ by Amy Stewart
These layered images explore the transition to another world and the realm inbetween. There is a sense of passing through a dreamlike state, a metamorphosis, beyond the human form. Some of the works draw on Greek mythology – a synthesis of human and animal form.
The subjects are empowered and peaceful, and accepting of their impending transformation.
In our next lives, we’ll remember
Not to be human.
We’ll be a pair of wild geese,
Flying high into the sky.
And from that distance,
We’ll look down on
The world’s blinding snows,
Its oceans, waters, hills,
Clouds and red dust,
As if we had never fallen.
N’Guyen-Khac-Hieu