Lao muralist and tattoo artist Konekham “Koniack” Lathipanya wanted to represent the challenges of feminine beauty in his mural entitled “Beautiful Struggle.”
The colorful artwork depicts portraits of three women with unsmiling expressions. The women are of Black, Asian and Latina descent. Each face is cracked, representing the beauty in imperfection, according to the artist, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday at Coy Parking Garage in downtown Stockton.
“The female image embodies beauty,” Lathipanya said. “The mural is called Beautiful Struggle, so I wanted to show beauty with the cracks, with the struggle.”…