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/ Kongkee / Wendy Tai / Phoebe Man / Woo Ling-ling / Justin Wong / Linda Lai / Cedric Maridet / Hector Rodriguez / Gina Wong
A-USUAL OBJECTS
A fund-raising event for the AUW Support Foundation for the Asian University for Women, Bangladesh // Saturday, July 25, 2009, 4:00-8:00pm //
curated by Linda LAI // produced by Gina WONG // sponsored by EXPERIMENTA
/ Wendy TAI /
Columnation
2007 / MEDIUM: nylon string, cardboard / SIZE: captial of colum roughly 3' x 3' x 1'; height of entire work is variable
BRIEF
Columnation is a hybrid entity. The column is considered to be the icon of Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, and hence is highly regarded within Western artistic traditions. The capital of the column, however, is replaced with a stylized reproduction of wooden supports in Ancient Chinese temples. By juxtaposing two culturally significant architectural elements, the piece touches upon issues such as cultural identity and appropriation, and addresses today’s cosmopolitan discourse within a globalized world.
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Courtesy of Wendy Tai and Experimenta |
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ARTIST'S BIO
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Wun Ting Wendy TAI was raised and educated in Hong Kong, Canada and the US. Having received her BA in Fine Arts with a minor in Art History from University of Pennsylvania in 2008, she is currently working as a research assistant at the School of Creative Media, City University HK. Her work has been shown in various group exhibitions in Philadelphia and Hong Kong. Wendy recently received a Grant for Emerging Artists from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. She will be pursuing an MFA at the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art in fall 2009.
While Wendy has a multitude of interests and artistic pursuits, she is mainly concerned with creating pieces that address cultural, social and political issues. She dabbles in cultural theory, curating, ethnography and psychoacoustics, amongst too many other things. At the moment she is exploring the potentials of new media. She is also a big fan of maps. |
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