Unga (BFC) (Haifa XX Secolo) Obsessive Thoughts 22/30

Unga (BFC) (Haifa XX Secolo)
Obsessive Thoughts 22/30

Hand-painted Jesmonite sculpture

25,5x13,5x7 cm., limited edition of 30

This work was realised in collaboration with ADP Studio, the box was screen-printed by 56Fili; produced by Varsi Art&Lab

The Broken Fingaz Crew (BFC) from Haifa, Israel, are the four multi-disciplinary artists Deso, Kip, Tant and Unga. Emerging among the first generation of graffiti writers in the Middle East, their work is informed by their region’s physical and political conditions, as much as by an interest in western painting traditions and contemporary popular culture.
A well-known Buddhist parable tells the story of two monks, one old, one young. They come to a river with a strong current, where they meet a young woman who is unable to get across alone and asks the monks for help. The monks live by a sacred vow to never touch women; yet the older monk goes to her aide, carrying her over the water to the other side. The two monks continue on their way, but the young monk can’t stop thinking about the fact the elder has broken his vow. Possessed by this thought, eventually, it gets the better of him until he can’t contain the question any longer: “Why did you carry that woman when we have taken a vow?” The elder replies. “I left her on the river bank. Why are you still carrying her?”