Three Generations Happy Family, Collector's Set Collector's Sets:12 menus + 1 menu holder 2021 - January 31

2021 - January 31

It is a double fire year

Original woodblock print on Folio paper

whether our present-day human civilizations are ready for it or not

The Color of Jade series is inspired by hand-carved jade pendants and their wide-varying hues

Three Generations Happy Family, Collector's Set Collector's Sets:12 menus + 1 menu holder 2021 - January 31What warrants an object to the elevated status of a valued cultural object? Designed to resemble a takeout menu, Three Generations Happy Family contains a timeline of my familial history told via food as a political and socioeconomic indicator. My father survived Chinas Great Famine, a tragedy that claimed 55 million lives. My mother endured malnutrition under food rationing in Taiwan, during the longest period of Martial Law prior to Syria. Years