Discourse on SELF beyond self
T. E. Ang (2019)
80 X 122 cm (Diptych)
Mixed media on canvas
The artwork examines the layers of ‘Self’ through representational deconstruction of human body components such as hands, feet and thumbs. Alternative ideas of ‘Self in Context’, ‘Observing Self’ and ‘Self Energy’, are also expounded in contemporary psychological therapeutic modalities, such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT); and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and seen as analogous to that of spiritual perspectives of ‘True Self’, which is beyond a physical body or separate unchanging entity, and instead, inherently interconnected with the larger collective consciousness and universal systems.