Ingredients for a Mourning Soup, from the Diaspora

Ingredients for a Mourning Soup, from the Diaspora, by Monyee Chau, artist's website

Ingredients for a Mourning Soup, from the Diaspora, by Monyee Chau, artist's website

Name/Title

Ingredients for a Mourning Soup, from the Diaspora

Entry/Object ID

2023.1.27

Description

Digital print of a gouache painting on paper, depicting a Taiwanese street vendor using tongs to collect food into a bag, over food cart, with many containers full of meat balls, rice sausages, skewers and basil.

Type of Print

Digital Print

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Monyee Chau

Role

Paper Artist

Date made

2021

Dimensions

Height

18 in

Width

24 in

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Monyee Chau

Interpretative Labels

Label

Chau has created a scene of a Taiwanese street vendor using tongs to collect food into a bag, over a scene of their street food cart. The cart has foods such as meat balls, rice sausages, and basil.

Label

Monyee explores a journey of personal and collective healing through means of labor, and a lens of queering their Taiwanese/Chinese identity. They believe in the power of storytelling and breaking bread as a means of community building for the path to justice and liberation.