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In the painting “Cancer
Battle” the artist uses a grotesque mass to represent cancer. The shining
sword represents our efforts to fight against this seemingly invincible
enemy. The artist chose a sphere as the shape of the cancer mass to
emphasize the erroneous assumption that cancer has no end. However, our
efforts against cancer break that continuity and can bring an end to this
devastating disease. The eye in the center represents a person who fights
against cancer or someone who remembers the loss of a loved one. The
barren lands symbolize the span of life and the chasm represents a
devastating situation, like the loss of a loved one. The artist was
inspired to create this piece shortly after losing his mother to breast
cancer in 2004. |
