Wong Lip Chin
她是我的菜 What We Found in Paradise, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
183 x 101 cm
Copyright The Artist
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Please refer to the glossary for further notes on the inscription and motifs. Wong reinterprets Gai Qi and Cao Zhenxi’s Famous Women (1799), an album illustrating various women of diverse...
Please refer to the glossary for further notes on the inscription and motifs.
Wong reinterprets Gai Qi and Cao Zhenxi’s Famous Women (1799), an album illustrating various women of diverse talents that push for an expanded notion of female virtue during the Qing dynasty. Oomoo becomes her own heroine in this painting, where various motifs of knowledge foreground her – from Chinese scrolls to an inscription by Emperor Qianlong.
Wong reinterprets Gai Qi and Cao Zhenxi’s Famous Women (1799), an album illustrating various women of diverse talents that push for an expanded notion of female virtue during the Qing dynasty. Oomoo becomes her own heroine in this painting, where various motifs of knowledge foreground her – from Chinese scrolls to an inscription by Emperor Qianlong.
