XIV. Elixirs of Aluminum
pp. 84–89
Several of Wong’s most recent drawings employ a new substrate: aluminum dibond. Collages made with alcohol ink, graphite, oil paint, charcoal, archival printing, and candle smoke are mounted to shaped panels. As with the artist’s wall-hung textile sculptures, these works straddle the boundary between two and three dimensions. The imagery is biomorphic: knots recall the body’s interior intestines, while bold reds evoke smears of blood. A ghostly face seems to haunt the background of Elixir 2 . These images come together to create abstract ecosystems where nature might grow over a wound, producing what Wong describes as a “beautiful scar.” Each element relies on another for support. The looping forms in Internal Logic 1 evince this interdependence at a smaller scale.
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Selected Works: To Connect and Repair
Shadow Body 5 , 2023. Polyester tulle, thread, map pins. 68 × 48 × 4 inches. Photograph by Light42 Studio.
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