Information Overload
18 x 24 inch (h x w)
Acrylic paint/ mixed media
“Information Overload” is a mixed media diptych painting that depicts the invasion of information and everyday paraphernalia within the bedroom, a place meant to be associated with peace and calmness, but has been disturbed by the influx of information caused by the COVID-19 crisis, and overexposure to news outlets, social media, and other repetitive daily tasks. This influx creates a chaos that threatens to throw the peace of the bedroom, a space meant for peace, rest and intimacy, out of balance. This imbalance is represented by the juxtaposition of painted cool colors in blended forms inspired by fauvism techniques, with harsh, chaotic collage work layered on top. Since both the physical clutters that turn our places of peace into overloaded storage compartments and the mental clutters that turn our clear minds into chaotic jumbles of thoughts are too often shamed and seen as problematic, this project speaks to the ongoing struggle of balancing the calm and the chaos, the private and the public, the individual and the world.