http://rubbena.com
Rubbena’s works are an exploration through the layers of colour and texture into the depths of culture. Influenced by comparisons of Eastern and Western ways of being, her work represents conflicting paths; Asian culture, deafness and misunderstanding and more liberal attitudes to women. The work reflects the way we live today. Rubbena creates paintings and installations. In her paintings are interwoven narratives of language and culture, concealing and constricting the lives of women, deep within the threads of the canvas. The work encourages the viewer to seek the hidden nuances of culture, difference and behaviour. The installations are products of the power of women gaining freedom of expression, projecting tales of witnessing, listening and re-telling experiences with an energy driven by a sense of cultures that enmesh belonging and alienation. Allowing the viewer to walk directly into this complex lattice of pride and shame, the installations stand as monuments to otherwise unheard memories.
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Where
30cm x 90cm
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What
30cm x 90cm
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Dreams
90 x 90cm, Oil on canvas
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Sunset
90 x 90cm, Oil on canvas
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Temptations
90 x 90cm, Oil on canvas
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Unheard Until Marriage
(180 x 60 cm) x 18, Oil on canvas, silk, brass and spraypaint
This installation piece, in development with the support of the Arts Council of England, explores how Asian women are represented in their relationship to marriage. The work communicates how the marriage traditions of Asian families affect women emotionally. While women are the cornerstone of the family and seen as precious, the degree to which a girl must seek permission to marry and the financial element of the marriage itself casts an uncomfortable sheen over some of that love and protection. It is only once a girl is married that she is able to have some authority for herself, but in becoming a woman, she has to change her home, her family and her name before society can accept her as an adult. Alongside this, though, a marriage is a time of great celebration and love, so that process of emergence is as complex as it is transformative. -
Unheard Until Marriage
(180 x 60 cm) x 18, Oil on canvas, silk, brass and spraypaint
This installation piece, in development with the support of the Arts Council of England, explores how Asian women are represented in their relationship to marriage. The work communicates how the marriage traditions of Asian families affect women emotionally. While women are the cornerstone of the family and seen as precious, the degree to which a girl must seek permission to marry and the financial element of the marriage itself casts an uncomfortable sheen over some of that love and protection. It is only once a girl is married that she is able to have some authority for herself, but in becoming a woman, she has to change her home, her family and her name before society can accept her as an adult. Alongside this, though, a marriage is a time of great celebration and love, so that process of emergence is as complex as it is transformative. -
Unheard Until Marriage
(180 x 60 cm) x 18, Oil on canvas, silk, brass and spraypaint
This installation piece, in development with the support of the Arts Council of England, explores how Asian women are represented in their relationship to marriage. The work communicates how the marriage traditions of Asian families affect women emotionally. While women are the cornerstone of the family and seen as precious, the degree to which a girl must seek permission to marry and the financial element of the marriage itself casts an uncomfortable sheen over some of that love and protection. It is only once a girl is married that she is able to have some authority for herself, but in becoming a woman, she has to change her home, her family and her name before society can accept her as an adult. Alongside this, though, a marriage is a time of great celebration and love, so that process of emergence is as complex as it is transformative.
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Cecilia Montague
You have a minimalist approach to painting with colour that makes your work a pleasure to look at. I interpret pieces like "Sunset" as the pure enjoyment of painting oil on canvas. The installantion work that you do is full of meaning. You have worked very hard at art and are a great representative of your gender.