LEVELS OF TOLERANCE

Tanmaya Bingham's series Levels of Tolerance is about five couples and their levels of tolerance for one another. Each color pencil and mixed media work is an otherworldly portrait of each couple and various icons that comprise their universe. 

 

The work is based on the assumption that the level of tolerance we have for our partner is determined through how we choose to perceive them. In investigating this idea, Bingham met with each couple and talked with them in length about their dynamic in order to gather material to translate into a visual.

 

For some, the word “tolerance” evoked pejorative connotations.; “If I am tolerating the other person then I would not be with them." Others were aware that tolerance plays a role in their relationship.  The differing reactions to this theme have impacted how each relationship is depicted.

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