My Brand Believe Collection :: 22 :: Tiffany Chung

installation of tiffany chung's function at SFMOMA

i took my shape to SFMOMA a calendar month or so ago. i wanted them to come across jay defeo's work because nosotros had but read an article on the rose [her famous painting]. nosotros ended upwardly also seeing the six lines of flight show.

together with i had 1 of those OH moments. i was familiar amongst many of the artists inwards the show. liked the thought of thinking most contemporary fine art inwards multiple geographic locales. together with so turned the corner together with was human face upwardly to human face upwardly amongst tiffany chung's work. i liked it so much i asked the guard if i could delight own got a flick of her placard to scream upwardly her advert [no photos allowed]. luckily she said yes.

RECOVERING BEIRUT: HALF-WAY BETWEEN THE IMAGINARY AND REALITY 1964-2016, 2012
MICROPIGMENT INK, GEL INK AND OIL MARKER ON VELLUM AND PAPER
29.5 X twoscore INCHES 74.9 X 101.6 CM

born inwards vietnam, educated inwards the US, together with forthwith living inwards vietnam 1 time again her function is rooted inwards query - cartography, statistics, urbanization, memory, history, natural disasters, war, time to come predictions all learn inwards the function inwards meaningful ways.

WHEAT PRICE PLOT: 1860-2000, 2012
EMBROIDERY ON CANVAS
27 X 56 INCHES 68.6 X 142.2 CM

later on looking at to a greater extent than of her function online i am impressed past times the multiple media she uses to communicate her messages together with meanings. including embroidery [of course of teaching i am ever interested inwards seeing how other artists approach a media so nigh together with honey to my heart] but non inwards whatsoever agency express she uses washi tape, performances, installations - whatever she deems necessary to create her work.

D-CITY: WHERE SIDEWALK CAFES MEET THE STARS, FROM "ATOPIA: ART AND CITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY," CENTRO DE CULTURA CONTEMPORANIA DE BARCELONA, BARCELONA, SPAIN, 2010
PLEXI-GLASS, MDF, POLYSTYRENE, DECORATIVE TAPE, THERMOPLASTIC ADHESIVE

she is interested inwards transformation - past times the forcefulness of nature, past times human intervention [perhaps meddling], past times all aspects of life together with living. how practice our cities, waterways, landscapes together with maps change? together with so how are our relationships to these places - places nosotros telephone telephone habitation - altered past times these internal together with external forces? how does reality butt upwardly against our memory? how practice nosotros predict how our worlds volition await together with business office inwards the future?

MIGRATION OF THE LADYBUGS, 2009
OIL AND ALCOHOL-BASED MARKERS ON PAPER
31 1/2 X 43 1/4 IN. (80 X 110 CM)

inwards damage of my ain work, our interests overlap inwards many ways. higher upwardly she charts the migration of ladybugs [my final demo was all most migration]. i love how she uses information together with so shows how things shift over time. her involvement is global - she explores the ideas of shifting landscape together with the results on inhabitants inwards locales from kuwait to califorina, cambodia to berlin... together with beyond.

BERLIN WALL, TIFFANY CHUNG, 2010
EMBROIDERY, PAINTED METAL GROMMETS, AND BUTTONS ON CANVAS
33 X 44¼ IN. (84 X 112.5 CM)

i also am but completely drawn to her role of color. such amazing combinations - together with textures. pocket-sized marks side past times side to embroidered ones. colors reminiscent of business office supplies similar highlighters [and so loaded amongst their ain meanings]. these are maps rooted inwards reality, but also sum of made upwardly or completely personal markings. flowers together with misshaped polka dots instead of perfect grids together with geometry.

THE PUSH BACK OF CAMBODIAN REFUGEES MEMORIAL PARK - PREAH VIHEAR, TIFFANY CHUNG, 2010
EMBROIDERY, 3D FABRIC PAINT, METAL GROMMETS, AND BUTTONS ON CANVAS
24 X 24 IN. (61 X 61 CM)

so if i had to lead one? [which is hard] i think i'd selection the above. the negative infinite - those 2 squiggly river lines - that row of pocket-sized salmon/red/pink crosses. together with the gromets. yeah. i'm inwards a mad mad trounce amongst tiffany chung. i can't hold back to come across what she does next.

there's a dandy archive of a verbalize she did here

together with i'd but similar to own got a minute to give thank y'all jan + earl of poppytalk for giving me the infinite to ramble most my fine art whims. i wishing for them - together with all of y'all - the best that life has to offering inwards 2013. may it live on filled amongst dandy fine art discoveries... happy happy new year. i await frontward to watching my collection hither grow fifty-fifty to a greater extent than inwards the coming yr ! continue an optic on it on pinterest !