Culture Keepers, the latest collection of new works by Christian Vincent, features evocative paintings offering social commentary presented in subtle, not-quite-realistic environments. His muted color palette and unusual combinations of familiar images of people and places encourage thoughtful consideration of our current global, socio-political climate.
In Blue Boat, inspired by his own early memories of Vietnamese migration to California in the 1970's, Vincent portrays images that evoke the rising tide of global migration related to everything from war to evolving economics and climate change. Spark references the current international wave of political uprising and its relationship to faith, while Pyramid conjures the increased tribalism and group-think that goes along with fear and grief. Vincent's juxtaposition of recognizable elements of humanity and our surroundings result in a soft surrealism that may surprise viewers even as it seems to comfort and reassure them.
