Interior with young woman seen from both sides by Phua Juan YongThis work is a reimagining of Interior with Young Woman Seen from the Back by Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi. Drawing inspiration from the struggles of women in domestic life, Juan Yong created Interior with young woman seen from both sides to comment on the dormant lives of Chinese housewives. @phuajuanyong

draped in gold

the essence of a culture can endure

and the use of coloured people as servicemen

no ancient nor modern love story can escape the hands of time and death

The inherent unease and disorientation in this arrangement intrigued the artist

Manila is the cultural epicenter of the Philippines

at the end of the day

Gustav’s iconic Art Nouveau style features heavy use of abstraction

But perhaps it’s just one of nature’s weird episodes

such as the iconic scene descriptor and simple character name that Mandarin students are taught to use in Singapore schools

struggle to conflate and the result is an ever-confused

she has only gotten half of each culture’s Intro chapter