What is there to know about Tung Le?
I take art....
I take art....
ARTIST STATEMENT
Still I Rise
“You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.”
-Maya Angelou
This poem became an inspiration for my work. Further inspired by the work of Ayn Rand, I feel that the best work comes from those who chose to follow their passion and ideals. As an artist, I work hard to develop the work that speaks the most to me. Arguably the biggest part of my process is to understand how different ways and mediums can can be used to express my message: I don’t particularly like to adhere to the standards of everyone around me. The expectation of being a guy, being an Asian, being an immigrant, being an “Americanized” person sometimes overwhelms me.sometimes overwhelms me.. I feel that the world has too many expectations of people and that we make our lives too complicated by adhering to other people’s thinking. My preference is to make works that are simple yet still appeal to myself as important and meaningful to myself from a younger time.
I thought about a time when I didn’t have limitations forced on me by other people. Therefore, my work addresses the idea of abandonment of expectations. I view the guidelines like composition, subject, and color theory as very strict rules. I want to express in a way that no one has to adhere to anyone else’s expectations. I try to I distinctly chose to use many many colors in my work. Also in my black and white drawings drawings, I stress the geometric shapes that dominates the work to to hint at the strict expectation of the people. I wanted to produce artworks that feels as free as a feels as free as a five-year old’s drawing . The challenge is finding the right balance between overcomplicating the artwork with the expectations enforced by societal norms and working thoughtlessly . I hope to create artworks that speak to my own need but also to those who want to express their passion in creating the artwork the way that they want, not the way someone else wants.
“You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.”
-Maya Angelou
This poem became an inspiration for my work. Further inspired by the work of Ayn Rand, I feel that the best work comes from those who chose to follow their passion and ideals. As an artist, I work hard to develop the work that speaks the most to me. Arguably the biggest part of my process is to understand how different ways and mediums can can be used to express my message: I don’t particularly like to adhere to the standards of everyone around me. The expectation of being a guy, being an Asian, being an immigrant, being an “Americanized” person sometimes overwhelms me.sometimes overwhelms me.. I feel that the world has too many expectations of people and that we make our lives too complicated by adhering to other people’s thinking. My preference is to make works that are simple yet still appeal to myself as important and meaningful to myself from a younger time.
I thought about a time when I didn’t have limitations forced on me by other people. Therefore, my work addresses the idea of abandonment of expectations. I view the guidelines like composition, subject, and color theory as very strict rules. I want to express in a way that no one has to adhere to anyone else’s expectations. I try to I distinctly chose to use many many colors in my work. Also in my black and white drawings drawings, I stress the geometric shapes that dominates the work to to hint at the strict expectation of the people. I wanted to produce artworks that feels as free as a feels as free as a five-year old’s drawing . The challenge is finding the right balance between overcomplicating the artwork with the expectations enforced by societal norms and working thoughtlessly . I hope to create artworks that speak to my own need but also to those who want to express their passion in creating the artwork the way that they want, not the way someone else wants.