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Hand Signed and dated 2016, verso

MOWN and GROWN explores the fleeting nature of the present moment through a deceptively simple image of a lawn mower suspended between the past and the future. Inspired by William Wordsworth's 1804 poem Ode: Intimations of Immortality, Dennis Mukai reflects on the childlike ability to remain fully present, contrasting it with the "moan and groan" of adulthood. The work invites us to pause, appreci…