Search for the extraordinary

Kingdom Come by Lavar Munroe. Graphite drawing, digital colour, Ultrachrome K3 ink on velvet paper (2010)

"When I work, I am most concerned with self-fulfillment and execution. I am never satisfied. Satisfaction begins at the end of a first piece. By the beginning of the second piece, that satisfaction is lost, and I am on a quest to renew, replace and replenish it upon completion of the new piece. It is a cycle that is never ending."

Laliwa Hadali Yellow butterfly of the Sun, mixed media, 2011

"The work has to search for meaning, it has to explain life on every level, the everyday and the extraordinary. It has to explain life on every level, the everyday and the extraordinary. It has to challenge preconceived notions, it has to ask questions not ordinarily asked in an attempt to answer them in ways that are life-affirming."

–Lavar Munroe, in an interview with Dr Ja A. Jahannes 


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Let's Rebuild by Lavar Munroe. Graphite drawing, digital colour, Ultrachrome K3 ink on velvet paper (2010)