Norm Yip
Pride, 2012
Acrylic and dye transfer on canvas, 1000 x 1000mm.
Original painting is sold.
A set of 10 signed limited edition prints at a size of 900 x 900mm.
A valiant horse centers the canvas, along with an inverted one in the upper right-hand corner. The inversion represents the duality of good and bad and the oppositions that are in our very nature. A lambda (λ) sign is hidden within the painting on the lower left of the horse, which also represents pride.
Norm Yip
Gluttony, 2012
Acrylic and dye transfer on plywood
600 x 600mm.
Norm Yip
Anger - I love you; I hate you, 2013,
Acrylic and dye transfer on plywood.
620mm x 620mm
Norm Yip
Lust, 2013
Acrylic and dye transfer on canvas.
1000mm x 1000mm
Lust is the one of seven deadly sins, which is represented by the cow, for being a shameless animal. On the upper right and lower left of the painting, are the Chinese words 欲望, the verb form of 'lust'. Written on the upper left side is the inscription 'They are in the very wrath of love, and they will together; clubs cannot part them', which is from As You Like It by William Shakespeare.
Norm Yip
Envy, 2013
Dye transfer and acrylic on plywood
900 x 900mm.
Dye transfer and acrylic on plywood
900 x 900mm.
Norm Yip
Sloth, 2013
Dye transfer and acrylic on plywood
900 x 900mm.
Sloth, 2013
Dye transfer and acrylic on plywood
900 x 900mm.
Norm Yip
Greed, 2013
Dye transfer and acrylic on plywood
900 x 900mm.
Greed, 2013
Dye transfer and acrylic on plywood
900 x 900mm.
For this painting, I decided to choose a hyena to represent greed, although my original source for symbolism was a frog. I just could find a suitable image of frog that looked aesthetically pleasing. The hyena is perfected suited little creatures for the role. I have on the upper right the words by Shakespeare: 'Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, and falls on the other'. To the upper left, to what appears a red ballons, are orchids, again symbols of greed and opulence.
