IB Visual Arts LINCOLN SCHOOL Costa Rica: ANDRE WONG Ib Visual Arts Lincoln School Costa Rica

The Artist Statement
André Wong

I have always had this interest in how the world moves, every action is done by a reason, but what I have been trying to do is to find that reason. When I was asked to write this artist statement I had no idea what I should write about, so I looked back to the first day of this class, Art IB. At the beginning I must admit I wasn’t going to take the class, but a friend of mine, convinced me to stay in the class with him. I stayed believing and hoping it would be a class where I would do absolutely nothing and I would have fun each class. After the first semester I learned it wasn’t that way. Don’t get me wrong, all my classes were fun, I enjoyed each time I had to walk to the art building, but I learned I had to be responsible and work hard for the grade. For example, when I entered the class I thought I could do all my works with graphite pencil, because it’s my favorite medium, but I discovered a whole new world of medias in this class; like acrylics, water colors, and spray paint. After the first year I notice none of my works had something related, I jumped from one topic to the other with no reason at all, and this frustrated me a little bit. I had to find a reason behind all my work, if I didn’t it would be like a clock without the main gear and still running, it had no logic at all, but now that I have finished all my works I found the real reason behind all my works. I investigated artist like Hokusai and Da Vinci, to connect my work, but at the end I discovered the reason behind all my work. I did them because I had fun, I did them to improve myself, I did them because each thing I did meant something to me. What I’m leaving in my work is a piece of me, part of my soul, it’s what I like, it’s what I dislike, it’s how I was able to enjoy even more my life. Art made me happy.