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Monday, March 21, 2011

Japan Quake Appeal Auction: Jigoku (Hell) - CLOSED

Sometime ago, my husband loved to make his interpretation of Sidra's drawings. Sidra was only 5 years old at the time. As Sidra grew older, his drawings get more complicated and now my husband were inspired again to make an interpretation.

This is something that Sidra drew, the title is 'Jigoku' , it means 'hell'. I'm not really sure why Sidra picked this theme for his drawing. There are lots of scary monsters in the drawing, you can also see that the big hell monster has a person between its teeth. More detail shots in this post.

Jigoku (Hell) by Sidra Putra. colored pencils and watercolor. 38x54 cm (15x21.2 in)

Jigoku (Hell) by Mamad Purbo. watercolor and ink. 21x23 cm (8.2x9 in)

This is my husband's version. When he finished drawing it, my husband felt that the picture has some kind of dark energy. Maybe it is his feeling of everything that has happened since the quake last week, his anxiety, fear, and worries.

Sidra and my husband are putting their drawings together for auction in cooperation with A Bit of This and a Bit of That.

I will send it anywhere in the world in protective plastic sleeve rolled in a cardboard tube.

Starting bid is $10

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Once the auction has closed, the winning bidder will be announced and contacted, the winner must make the donation and send proof of payment within 48 hours.
The donation must be paid to GlobalGiving*. You can go to this LINK to make the donation. It's the Save The Children: Japan Earthquake Tsunami Relief. For help with online donation process, you can refer to this post at A Bit of This and a Bit of That.
If proof of payment is not made within 48 hours then the item will go to the second highest bidder.
The auction will be closed on Saturday, March 26, 2011, at 9 am Tokyo Time (GMT+09).

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This auction is now closed. Thank you for all your support!

Monday, September 1, 2008

Interpretation on Ron Mueck's works

When we went to see Ron Mueck's exhibition in Kanazawa, Sidra seemed very impressed the works. The one that got him really interested was a statue of newborn babygirl, titled 'A Girl'. He kept asking about the umbilical cord and why there are blood all over her, and I tried to explain as much as I could.

After the we got home, Sidra drew these interpretations on Ron Mueck's works. Some features the statue with us around it. He also drew the umbilical cord and blood on the baby statue, and penises on the naked statues. In his interpretation on 'Mask II' (it's actually a self-portrait of the artist), Sidra drew the sleeping face with smile on the face and added sun and clouds on the sky. Maybe he was imagining that it was a man sleeping happily in a shiny day.

Notes:

pictures of Ron Mueck's works are taken from various sources in flickr (click the images to go to the original sources).