Try To Change

A monumental figure, rendered with the cold tactility of newsprint, sits cross-legged like a reluctant idol—his bright saffron shirt flaring against a teal void that feels both theatrical and isolating. The procession of mask-like faces strung behind him reads as a chorus of public personae, shifting hues and expressions suggesting reputation as a manufactured, wearable commodity rather than a stable self. Cradled in his arms, the donkey becomes an improbable emblem of muted endurance and burden, tenderly held yet unavoidably implicated in the spectacle of power. The work’s collage-like facture and saturated color blocks sharpen a satirical tension: intimacy and care coexist with caricature, as if the private body is trapped inside a loud, performative narrative.