PATHS INTERTWINED
February 4th, 2021 through November 7, 2021 in the Community Portrait Gallery
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Paths Intertwined
February 4th, 2021 through November 7, 2021
Community Portrait Gallery
An art exhibition featuring works from diaspora Taiwanese and Chinese artists. Drawing on themes of identity, place, and belonging, artists explore familiar symbols and ancestral memory to form new meanings.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Agnes Lee
ZZWei
Larine Chung
May Kytonen
Jenny Ku
Shin Yu Pai
Ellison Shieh
Monyee Chau
In the palace of memory, children of the diaspora walk through empty rooms and turn the pages of unfixed photo albums, asking “Where do I belong?”
– Shin Yu Pai, poet
渴望 (LONGING). Ellison Shieh“渴望 (LONGING) combines camera and iPhone footage from my last trip to Taiwan (March 2019), with animation outlining family photographs from the 1990’s. It is a visual ode to my parents’ sacrifices, the hopes they had for me and my sister, and the culture I wish I were more connected with. My family’s immigrant American life has been filled with promises, missed opportunities, disconnection, and resilience. In this experimental film, I try to reconcile my parents’ journeys with the countless possibilities of what could have been, if my childhood had been a little different.”
Ride. Larine Chung. 2015
BEYOND THE EXHIBIT
ARTIST TALK
On July 10, 2021, artists from Paths Intertwined spoke in a panel about their art practices. Moderated by Pei Pei Sung. Become a member to be the first to RSVP for special community events!
OUR READING LIST
Check out this curated list of additional readings about and by artists of the Taiwanese and Chinese diaspora
AN INTERVIEW WITH AGNES LEE
Artist Agnes Lee, who helped create gives an interview about growing into her process and how she never thought she’d be a painter when she was young.
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