Inspired by the series "Monkey Magic" and series "Journey to the West", which features, gods and goddesses, creating the perfect world for humans, animals, all living creatures. This playful piece looks at two women cruising in the sky.
At close inspection, folds of their fans are etched lines into the exposed wood. The touch of gold flake glimmer and catch your eye, depending on where you are in relation to the painting.
'Heavenly Bodies' is a series of acrylic paintings on wood, adorned by gold flake details which illuminate when you walk by. Inviting viewers to look closer with gold details, the brush strokes and colour variations seen in closely will beckon a desire to find out more about her.
In response to a lack of diversity of Asian women in art, and the lack of Asian women artists who depict them, Luvieur invited Asian women of various cultural heritage in Australia to pose for her to photograph. The analogue film photos were used as reference for the paintings in the series.