Cecile Chong "Reimagination"
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
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In this exhibition, Cecile Chong shows her encaustic painting, which uses melted wax and resin, and mixed media juxtapose images from vintage children's books and other found and original images to address the process of cultural assimilation and the development of individual identity.
"I create cross-cultural narratives using encaustic painting and mixed media. Encaustic painting involves melted wax and resin, and my mixed media may include oil, pigments from Morocco and India, volcano ash from Ecuador, rice paper, silver/gold/copper leaves, beads, electronic components from circuit boards, and appropriated and original images. I juxtapose appropriated images from vintage children's books along with other found and original images to address the process of cultural assimilation and the development of individual identity. I am especially interested in this subject because I was born in South America to Chinese parents and learned about my ancestors' culture as an outsider."-Cecile Chong
[Image: Cecile Chong "Cecile Chong"]
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Schedule
from January 14, 2009 to April 04, 2009