{"id":1037063,"date":"2026-09-01T15:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1037063\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:21:26","slug":"watercolors-by-kelogsloops-traverse-the-emotional-terrain-of-love-and-loss-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1037063\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercolors by kelogsloops Traverse the Emotional Terrain of Love and Loss \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conceptually, memento mori has been around for millennia. Ancient Greek philosophers like Socrates and Seneca reflected upon the nature of mortality in ancient Greece. And during Roman triumphs<\/a>, a handful of accounts document how a general would be accompanied by a companion or a slave who was tasked with reminding him he would eventually perish.<\/p>\n

We often think of memento mori visually in relation to Dutch Golden Age<\/a> paintings, where skulls or rotting fruit surrounded by insects served as reminders of the fleetingness of life. Latin for \u201cremember you will die,\u201d the phrase can be traced to a biblical passage<\/a>. And for Melbourne-based artist Hieu Thien Nguyen, who works as kelogsloops<\/a>, death is a constant reminder in fantastical, dreamlike watercolors.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cKoi No Yokan\u201d<\/p>\n

Often centering around a young woman with snow-white hair and repeating motifs like towering cumulus clouds, a black wolf, foxes, and other woodland creatures, kelogsloops\u2019 paintings explore \u201cthe intensity of love, the inevitability of loss, and the quiet acceptance that comes with knowing nothing lasts forever,\u201d says a statement for the artist\u2019s forthcoming exhibition Love, Death, & All Her Friends at Corey Helford Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emotions, and perhaps life forces, literally swirl through kelogsloops\u2019 paintings via starlight, mist, and wind. Pieces like \u201cThe Waiting Room\u201d and \u201cThe Carousel\u201d suggest gentle, liminal spaces between the waking and sleeping world\u2014reality and whatever else may be out there. Exploring the boundary between awareness and unconsciousness, \u201cthere is no bitterness,\u201d the artist says, \u201cbut instead an honest look at what it means to love something, knowing it won\u2019t last forever, but to find beauty in that anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Love, Death, & All Her Friends opens on September 19 and continues through October 24 in Los Angeles. Find more on the artist\u2019s Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cWith the Sandman\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cHalley\u2019s Comet\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cFlowerspotting\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cAgainst the World\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cThe Waiting Room\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cLove, Death, & All Her Friends\u201d<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cThe Carousel\u201d<\/p>\n

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