XI. From the Ashes
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Wong has always maintained a drawing practice alongside her textile practice. A series of drawings created circa 2019 and 2020 borrow their titles from Greek goddesses such as Athena and Persephone: both women who triumphed over great challenges. Some of the drawings are rendered in watercolor or gouache, while others nod to Wong’s fiber practice through the use of sewn drafting film. Many also use candle smoke as a material—the physical residue of a prayer or meditation. A related installation, Phoenix , transforms Wong’s two-dimensional drawing practice into a three-dimensional one. Graphite on drafting film is sewn and then suspended overhead. It floats toward the ceiling, as if literally rising from ashes.
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Selected Works: To Connect and Repair
Biology of Thought , 2017. Produce netting, tulle, thread. 144 × 192 × 72 inches.
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