Oracle Womb

Fetal vision. The work of the same name as the exhibition title, “Oracle Womb,” was a kind of wormhole through which the viewer in front of the painting could gain the perspective of a newborn fetus.

It was painted with a large amount of gestural energy—so much gestural energy, that its effect was to make the viewer feel like he/she was looking at the work through amniotic fluid. The work “Oracle Womb,” however, is unique and has never been previously exhibited. The artist has referred to it as a means of capturing the visceral feelings, sensations, thoughts, and memories of one of our last experiences on Earth. During the course of this experience, a fetus enters one’s body. This birth of the new world is represented by the new world itself. As one of those who has experienced this event, the artist finds it important to commemorate it permanently in the new world of the work.

The piece consists of a painting and an oracle. The painting is a portrait of an unborn being in the early gestational stage. The gestational time frame is estimated, because it is the artist’s custom that he only paints the face, the head, and the torso of his models.