“We Hold These Truths” by Bob Faust
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We Hold These Truths
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Creation Year:
2019
Medium:
digitally printed canvas
Artist Statement:
The title, a reference to the Declaration of Independence, is used as the structure/grid of the artwork both holding and hiding various symbolic and iconic images reconstructed as colorful and kaleidoscopic patterns. The idea of Dong Dong is ever present through the images of flowers, soap suds, rainbows and popcorn among many others. Images we think of as joyful, or as making us more ourselves and best for each other. Cumulatively, they create an immersive environment built of the bits that make us human and sometimes even hide in order to navigate the world most freely.
