Description
‘Feel Free to Speak’ by MadebyEnger
Artist: MadebyEnger
Title: ‘Feel Free to Speak’
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 16″ x 24″
Framing: Framed (frame size: 17″ x 24″)
Year of Creation: 2025
About the Artwork:
The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
You are free to speak and it is beneficial to speak truth —
but speaking uncompromising truth does not save you from persecution.
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
John Eng(er) Cheng (a.k.a. MadebyEnger) is a Taiwanese American artist and designer born and raised in Southern California.
His acrylic paintings capture the narratives of adolescent-esque characters navigating a landscape of brokenness. Along the way they collect remnants and artifacts, attempting to piece together fragments of their fading memories, driven by an insatiable need to fill the void of nostalgia. Their constant accumulation stands as a testament to their unyielding longing for something beyond themselves.
With guarded hearts, they don armor to shield themselves from further pain and trauma as they hope for change and revolution – a futile attempt to reconstruct what is irretrievably lost.
His work aim to shed light on their palpable longing, urging viewers to recognize their own inherent worth and the profound significance of their struggles and yearnings.