Delving into his ancestral ties to and personal memories of Mongolian tales, proverbs, riddles, and beliefs, Erdenebayar seeks to distinguish the lived and the individual from the fabricated and the authoritative. With his biotic sculptures and assemblages, he examines the act of resistance and the notion of reincarnation at various states of being, ultimately yielding a nurtured sense of reconciliation and hope within and beyond Mongolia’s sociocultural milieu.
Dotted throughout the booth, this body of work embodies intuitions of gradual yet irrepressible growth. Found materials across the Mongolian landscape - goat horn and discarded wood - emphasize the challenging environment of the steppe as well as the limited resources and consumptions of the nomadic culture.