David Ese Gagoh
Melancholy Tear Dripped Joy (Self Portrait)
DIMENSIONS
35mm photograph
Starting bid: $180
Value: $600
Buy it now: $480
My practice leads with a focus on photography; while spanning across music production, film, and printmaking. I have developed a signature visual and sonic language that captures the world around me with honesty and transparency. I exhibit photographic frames saturated by rich, opalescent colors, sample distorted sonics, and rough-edged alternative printing methods. I create works that gaze back at the viewer, compositions that state the obvious or encourage deeper investigation. Artworks that amalgam symbolic imagery with conversational text.
My body of work addresses the documentation of one’s life as an artistic practice, emphasizing the differences and points of relation in human experience. Themes of religion, ritual, and relationships loom throughout the work, embodying the act of living in stripped portraits, intricately structured still lives, and oil-painted 35mm film prints. I continue to explore the construction of personal belief systems by individuals renouncing religious beliefs, prompting the audience to challenge their fundamental values.