Ontology I (Fountain of Youth)

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19.5” x 9” Image transfer on palm husk

Basically, ontology is the study of what is. Another way to put it is that ontology is the study of what exists or of what is real. “Does God exist?,” “Are my feelings real?”, “What is ‘nothing?”.

Here, the image (a tropical swamp) is delicately transferred onto a palm husk. The materials reference the location, and vise-versa.

by Natalie Diienno