My Brand Believe Collection :: 22 :: Tiffany Chung

installation of tiffany chung's piece of job at SFMOMA

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

in addition to i had 1 of those OH moments. i was familiar amongst many of the artists inwards the show. liked the thought of thinking almost contemporary fine art inwards multiple geographic locales. in addition to and so turned the corner in addition to was human face upward to human face upward amongst tiffany chung's work. i liked it so much i asked the guard if i could delight conduct maintain a motion icon of her placard to recall her mention [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 xl INCHES 74.9 X 101.6 CM

born inwards vietnam, educated inwards the US, in addition to straightaway living inwards vietnam 1 time to a greater extent than her piece of job is rooted inwards interrogation - cartography, statistics, urbanization, memory, history, natural disasters, war, hereafter predictions all locomote into the piece of job inwards meaningful ways.

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

subsequently looking at to a greater extent than of her piece of job online i am impressed past times the multiple media she uses to communicate her messages in addition to meanings. including embroidery [of course of teaching i am e'er interested inwards seeing how other artists approach a media so close in addition to love to my heart] but non inwards whatsoever means 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

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 in addition to living. how practise our cities, waterways, landscapes in addition to maps change? in addition to so how are our relationships to these places - places nosotros telephone telephone abode - altered past times these internal in addition to external forces? how does reality butt upward against our memory? how practise nosotros predict how our worlds volition expect in addition to share 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 price of my ain work, our interests overlap inwards many ways. to a higher house she charts the migration of ladybugs [my final present was all almost migration]. i love how she uses information in addition to and so shows how things shift over time. her involvement is global - she explores the ideas of shifting landscape in addition to the results on inhabitants inwards locales from kuwait to califorina, cambodia to berlin... in addition to 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 simply completely drawn to her piece of job of color. such amazing combinations - in addition to textures. modest marks adjacent 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 amount of made upward or completely personal markings. flowers in addition to misshaped polka dots instead of perfect grids in addition to 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 conduct one? [which is hard] i think i'd alternative the above. the negative infinite - those 2 squiggly river lines - that row of modest salmon/red/pink crosses. in addition to the gromets. yeah. i'm inwards a mad mad musical rhythm out amongst tiffany chung. i can't hold off to come across what she does next.

there's a bang-up archive of a utter she did here

in addition to i'd simply similar to conduct maintain a minute to give cheers jan + earl of poppytalk for giving me the infinite to ramble almost my fine art whims. i want for them - in addition to all of you lot - the best that life has to offering inwards 2013. may it hold upward filled amongst bang-up fine art discoveries... happy happy  new year. i expect forwards to watching my collection hither grow fifty-fifty to a greater extent than inwards the coming twelvemonth ! proceed an optic on it on pinterest !