Lost

Artist Statement:
Using the techniques of crafts and sculpture, I integrate cast body parts with sensual fabrics to create sculptural life forms. They are my vision of a world where people have transcended the cultures that exist today and are no longer prisoners of their own histories and traditions. The sculptures have cross-cultural identities that integrate various cultural traditions and rituals. To create my life-forms, I select fabrics that are have special cultural significance in Asia and in the West, have reference to their daily wear and usage, and are very soft to our touch. Together I combine them into one harmonious fabric body that cradle their body part. Yet, the bodies still depend on feeding tubes, arteries or tentacles and are trying to survive in our contemporary mono-cultural society. They yearn to reach us and to be understood in this world where we are struggling to define cultural identity: what is especially difficult when the distances between global cultures (heritage, history and tradition) are shrinking. My work speaks of learning from others and unification then of separation, isolation and the specialization of our spheres.

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