ABOUT THE WORK

Born in 1982 and was primarily influenced creatively by the 90s, Lynyrd Paras was among the group of young notable contemporary Filipino artists making their marks in the international art scene. A graduate from the College of Architecture and Fine Arts of the Technological University of the Philippines, Modeka Space describes Lynyrd Paras’ artworks as providing a new meaning to portraits and depictions of the self. His works such as this piece, Shenandoah, produced a melancholic feeling that allows us to become critical of our actions in a fast - paced world. Lynyrd’s dark and, every so often, confining depictions of the people around him leads the viewer to contemplate about relationships that we maintain and how we reside with one another. “His style is no doubt realist,” as what Alice Guillermo describes him, “because it is essential based on a close observation of the visible, even on surface appearances. But his figurative style in the rendering of the faces is characterized by a sharpness, or starkness, if you will… While the image is certainly realist in the sharp delineation of features, it comes close to expressionism in its intensity of feeling, that of conveying immediate shock.”