don’t let me forget this feeling tomorrow
Duo show in Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
April 30, 2023 - May 5, 2023
Distinguished Major Thesis Show
Through sculpture, photography, and analog film, don’t let me forget this feeling tomorrow addresses collective memory and the intangible/tangible materials that sway its development. By prioritizing the physicality of viewing—bending over to view a fictionalized archeological excavation or walking into the pixels of a larger-than-life video projection—Yang and Gualtieri invite the viewer to question their role in a shared experience.
Using her parents as main subjects, Yang examines their relationship to inherited objects against backdrops of imperialist theft and the proliferation of counterfeiting, photography, and online auctioning. By replicating her own family artifacts (a jade fish and warrior guardian figurine), staging copy work photoshoots, and listing the replicas on ecommerce sites, Yang explores the ambiguity of an object’s source, value, and influence on cultural identity amidst globalization and mass excavation
Duo show in Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
April 30, 2023 - May 5, 2023
Distinguished Major Thesis Show
Through sculpture, photography, and analog film, don’t let me forget this feeling tomorrow addresses collective memory and the intangible/tangible materials that sway its development. By prioritizing the physicality of viewing—bending over to view a fictionalized archeological excavation or walking into the pixels of a larger-than-life video projection—Yang and Gualtieri invite the viewer to question their role in a shared experience.
Using her parents as main subjects, Yang examines their relationship to inherited objects against backdrops of imperialist theft and the proliferation of counterfeiting, photography, and online auctioning. By replicating her own family artifacts (a jade fish and warrior guardian figurine), staging copy work photoshoots, and listing the replicas on ecommerce sites, Yang explores the ambiguity of an object’s source, value, and influence on cultural identity amidst globalization and mass excavation
