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.
