Sarah Nguyen

Harvest Moon

Hand cut Tyvek, spray paint, plastic rod, glue

81” H x 49” W

"Full Moon" is an ongoing series created this year. Moon myths take root in every culture, human life has been impacted by the Moon scientifically and as often by fairy tales, fables, myths, and legends. This series explores the imagery that is found in mythology about the full moon occurring in the United States reaching out to Indigenous names for the moons (such as the June Strawberry Moon to September's Harvest moon, as well as bringing in imagery from Europe). Nature is a universal language, one that all cultures understand, in that way its symbols can be used to bring you to a common ground. The language of nature is a shared language and allows the viewer to go beyond their own personal experience and into the experience of the collective. Transcending the concepts of beauty and enveloping the viewer in a space of color and texture; I hope to connect the viewer with these current themes of loss, struggle, grief in multiple transactions of beauty, while facing concepts of the human condition and the brevity of existence.