Four Winds, 1990
detail, cotton, bundles: 23 cm x 15 cm, text = North, South, East, West in Chinese. On the wall above the panels written in chalk is the phrase “sitting beside my mother I feel a warm breeze”. This work is dedicated to my mother who despite all her hardships was able to find joy in simple things like a game of Mah Jong. As a child I spent many hours sitting by her side as a good luck charm while she played and escaped the realities of her life as immigrant, wife, mother, and garment industry worker.