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Gratitude Is A Colored Vessel


2023

‘Gratitude Is A Colored Vessel’ is a direct translation of the artist’s maternal grandmother’s married name in Chinese (謝彩盆).

This body of work is an ode to matrilineal kinship.

Ahma Holding Up The Sky With One HandStoneware, glaze, luster40 x 70 x 40 cm (15.7 x 27.6 x 15.7 in)2023 Huddled Mass (Tree of Aunties)Stoneware, glaze70 x 157 x 70 cm (27.6 x 61.8 x 27.6 in)2023 Mother As Griffon Carrying Our Family Name On Her BackStoneware, glaze68 x 61 x 30 cm (26.8 x 24 x 11.8 in)2023 Sleeping Papaya (Levi in Blue)Stoneware, glaze26 x 12 x 14 cm (10.2 x 4.7 x 5.5 in)2023 Two SistersStained glass window, powder coated steelDimensions variable, window apprx. 70 x 50 cm (27.6 x 19.7 in)2023 Gratitude Is A Colored VesselExhibition views at Ballon Rouge







A Note:


The tricolor, or sancai (三彩), glazes are indicative of the dynastic period of Tang in China. Uncovered from burial sites, sancai objects share a luscious, lead-based surface in ambers, whites, greens, and other ochre and purple variations. Once tabooed artifacts associated with death and the underworld, they are now items imbued with ethnic pride that refract the triumphs of a bygone empire.


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