Urban people series

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In Beyond Borders project, Gaud re-interprets the concept of borders as the limit between the private and the public sphere. 
Therefore, Gaud has been seeking for the most instagrammed residential spots in Hong Kong, where people live while others come to take their best shot, post it on social media and leave for the next graphic spot. The human faces symbolise the people living behind these graphic walls.

Rainbow
​Mixed media, pencil, acrylic paint
​30 x 30cm (framed 50 x50cm)

Hidden LIves
​Mixed media, pencil, acrylic paint 
70 x 50cm

​Hidden Lives: Yick Cheong building is one of them. Known for its incredibly dense and stacked flats, this residential building hides thousands of lifes and years of neighborhood history. The numerous windows and colorful balconies are like huge graphic pixels coming out of the building, which is probably a reason why the building is so popular amongst insta-spots hunters. 
The woman's face shown just beneath the surface symbolises the memory of these walls and the successive lives that have occupied these homes. 
Gaud has chosen to paint and mix 2 layers of images, like a double exposure providing a dream-like and nostalgic effect.