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Brathwaite, Cheng, Coulis, Cowan, Dodge, Dove, Glabush, Huckaby, Jorden, Luck, O'Neill, Petit-Frère

Past exhibition
10 July - 4 September 2020
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Carl Cheng, Liquid/Solid Series: Blue Cells No. 2, 1980

Carl Cheng b. 1942 in San Francisco, CA

Liquid/Solid Series: Blue Cells No. 2, 1980
Glue, paint, framed
8 5/8 x 11 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
21.9 x 29.8 x 4.1 cm
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“Liquid/Solid Series: Blue Cells No. 2” was made during Carl’s time working in Shanghai in 1980. As an American of Chinese descent, he was able to live and work without...
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“Liquid/Solid Series: Blue Cells No. 2” was made during Carl’s time working in Shanghai in 1980. As an American of Chinese descent, he was able to live and work without a government minder in the years immediately following the end of Cultural Revolution. The piece was made using ink and an eyedropper: he would drip ink over a layer of glue and repeat this process over time to achieve the build-up of materials. The frame was inspired in part by the architecture of the colonial-era hotels he saw in China.
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Provenance

Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1984.
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