(#1) B o o m e r M a g a z i n e
@sj8ird
(#1) B o o m e r M a g a z i n e
Sarah Bird
Honey Truong
Sarah Bird’s collages are made up of photographs of domestic
Amsterdam based, Honey Truong was born in Hamburg in
surroundings that have been fragmented, digitally distort-
northern Germany in 1994 and later moved to Australia at
ed and re-composed as abstract artworks. They follow the
the age of 19. Throughout her life, Honey has always been
tradition of artists meditating upon the theme of ‘home’,
fascinated by people, images and how the mental world is
re-imagined for the digital age. They explore architecture and
represented though the eyes of others. Needles to say, she
community: the places we inhabit and share. Bird uses veils of
was drawn to the idea to become a clinical psychologist. The
vivid colour to blend real with imagined,
interest was cultivated already during her young teenage years
making the familiar, alien.
and developed when she opted her university degree of the
Windows and doorways are common motifs that mark thresh-
same subject. She likes to create a realistic interpretation of
olds, the liminal points of boundary and change. The weave
people, while focusing on expressive elements of light and tex-
of a curtain dissolves into pixels; the view through a window
ture. Honey uses art as medium of self-therapy, which is why
reveals nothing.
it helped her heal, understand others and herself better. She
Bird is drawn to things that show traces of human action over
@its_honey
time: the layers of paint and wallpaper, or imprints on a bed-
believes that stimulating the creative mind while relieving mental strain can be well expressed in painting rather than words. Feelings of sadness and harmony emanate from her paintings.
sheet. These are symbolic of narratives becoming distorted,
Honey’s recent paintings seek to expose a delicate equilibrium
entrenched and even oppressive over time. They reflect the
between a sense of tumult and painterly texture.
fragmented way in which we pass on and take in information in the digital age. Sarah Bird studied at Goldsmith’s College and lives and works
in London. She exhibits regularly and her work is held in private collections in the UK and USA.
FourWalls
Size: 100 x 70 x 3cm
Art Series: Man in the bookshop
Her work has been used on an album cover for
Size: 29 x 42cm
Japanese artist Brockbeats and she has been shortlisted for the Apthorp Prize.
Art Series: Man in the bookshop Size: 29 x 42cm
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Size: 20 x 20 x 2cm
Medium: oil paint
Medium : oil paint
Medium: photographs collaged on wood panel
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Medium : photographs collaged on wood panel
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