Paraffin

Art Fair Philippines 2021

Paraffin

Paraffin

6’x4’

oil on canvas

2021

  In Paraffin, a female figure is shown pouring molten wax (whose furious red is in inspired by a charging soldier holding a trumpet in the work, “The Battle of Lepanto,” by Juan Luna) as she herself slowly liquifies. The act is one of self-immolatio

In Paraffin, a female figure is shown pouring molten wax (whose furious red is in inspired by a charging soldier holding a trumpet in the work, “The Battle of Lepanto,” by Juan Luna) as she herself slowly liquifies. The act is one of self-immolation, indicative of how consuming it is to be always right.

write-up by Carlo Daoana

Battle of Lepanto by Juan Luna

Battle of Lepanto by Juan Luna

from the painting’s Wikipedia page