GATSBY
This piece primarily centers around Gatsby, but more broadly, it wrestles with the unattainable pursuit of happiness through the constant accumulation of wealth, power, and success. In Gatsby's narrative, the green light perpetually lingered in the distance, symbolizing his unreachable dreams. In my artwork, the green light represents affluence. Within my painting, this green light sits at the end of a pathologic object (topological space) that has the property that if you start at a point on the curve point and travel along the curve to the left, you will never reach the origin. No matter how close the green light may appear—it remains infinitely far away. This is meant to respresent the never ending and futile quest for more and more and more power.
The word camel serves a dual purpose. Firstly, it references the camelback shape, but more profoundly, it embodies a creature well-suited to thrive in the barren desert—a hostile environment akin to the challenges we face. Rather than an oasis the lure of power and money is an elusive mirage.