Napoleon M. Haboc
Dongguan, Guangdong
Dongguan-based Filipino contemporary artist & industrial designer using two art mediums that tell a story: textured acrylic paint and fine bamboo debris art.
MessageCollection: Curiosity series
This "curiosity series" is the first art collection of my crosshatched fine bamboo debris art craft. It depicts my curiosities in life. I used both conventional imagery and symbolism to convey my art's message. I chose a black mat board as my background because black is a mysterious color typically associated with the unknown or negative; it's a prestigious color representing strengths, seriousness, power, authority, and a symbol of grief. On the other hand, I chose finely chopped bamboo debris as my primary material in this medium because bamboo has deep spiritual and symbolic meaning globally, and it's my representation of minimalist art. Bamboo is a fast-growing plant that brings balance and harmony to health and growth and symbolizes strength, flexibility, development, and luck. By crushing bamboo, chopping it into fine, sharp, tiny sticks, and gradually and patiently piling it up layer-by-layer, forming a layered crosshatched pattern and texture on my black panel’s surface with special glue, I can compose a one-of-a-kind art piece monochromatically from natural material.
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