XII. Making Room
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Room-sized installations such as Silent Music and Guardian of the Spirits draw on the techniques and materials of Wong’s sewn sculptures from the early 2010s, while also extending her exploration of color and transparency. Plastic bags and panels of dichroic film and cellophane, all of different hues, reflect and offer glimpses of the world around them. They represent, Wong says, “the growth and flowering of the feminist body, reborn and reclaimed by the constant repair of the spirit.” As their reflective materials interact with the light in the surrounding room, the installations appear to reanimate— to pulse with life.
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Selected Works: To Connect and Repair
Phoenix , 2021. Graphite on drafting film with sewing, suspended with monofilament. 132 × 132 inches. Photograph by John Janca.
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