The Judgmental Chair by Arlo Jake Lagmay
One clear angle to look at it is that The Judgmental Chair depicts a constitution based on humankind's belief, principles and hopes. Physically, The Chair is the Seat of Power, but it is mankind who can either affirm it highest of all positions but can also destabilize it in an instant.
Details & Dimensions
- Technique: acrylic, overlayed with oil on wood
- Size: 41cm x 95cm
- Created in 2023
The work is unique, with a collector's value and an original signature.
About the Artist
For the lack of power and fear of being misunderstood, mankind created the constitution of “reasonable judgment”— a body where one word only means one thing, like “truth” is good and “wrong” is bad.
Arlo Jake Lagmay, a Basel-based Filipino artist, challenges the dysfunctional wordplays by painting their multiple denotative and connotative meanings. Through mixing colours spontaneously selected based on the current mood and careless expressive brushstrokes, the artist convinces that merging opposites blurs the difference between themselves, thus creating the reality of life— a juxtaposition of contradictions.
To mirror humanity and broadcast honesty has always been the artist’s intention. His collections revolve in breaking the social construct by emphasizing the viewer’s innate power emanating from his or her points-of-view. It is the crossroad where everything starts bending left or right— where truth can be wrong and a lie can be good.
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