Art

For Life (2024)

Lud Chaisamdaeng
Acrylic on Canvas
60X80

This piece addresses the sanctity of life and the reality of death that surrounds it, using powerful and dark imagery that contrasts with the title, ‘For life.’ A girl dressed in red, holding a cross, stands at the center, symbolizing innocence and sacrifice. Numerous skulls rest beneath her feet on a structure resembling tangled tree roots, suggesting that the very foundation upon which life takes root is connected to death. The deep blue background and the crows perched on bare branches enhance the somber and solitary atmosphere. Through this bizarre, fairy-tale composition, the artist profoundly communicates the fundamental truth that life is only possible atop the foundation of death.