Death Cult (There are more important things than living), 2021
Etched black granite, 24” x 12” x 4”.
Installation view, Exclusion Acts, Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, 2021. Photo: Rachel Topham.
Death Cult is a set of sculptures engraved with statements made by politicians and public figures that place ideological dogma above all else. From fanatical reification of the economy to extreme adherence to individualism, the reductive and reckless pronouncements drift into the realm of absurdity and paradox.
Exhibition history
Exclusion Acts, Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada, 2021, curated by Henry Heng Lu.
Installation view, Exclusion Acts, Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada, 2021. Photo: Rachel Topham.
Installation view, Exclusion Acts, Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada, 2021. Photo: Rachel Topham.
Death Cult (There is no alternative), 2021. Etched black granite, 20” x 12” x 4”. Digital study.
Death Cult (Toxic Waste), 2021. Etched black granite, 24” x 12” x 3”. Digital study.
Death Cult (Cold Dead Hands), 2021. Etched black granite, 24” x 12” x 3”. Digital study.