Peggy Chiang 江佩
WITHOUT BREAK WITH ALL POWER 全速前进, 2024
steel, cast aluminum, spoons, hardware, magnets 钢，铸铝，汤勺，五金配件，磁铁
48.3 x 20.3 x 16.5 cm
19 x 8 x 6 1/2 in
19 x 8 x 6 1/2 in
Chiang's series of wall works (all titled WITHOUT BREAK ALL POWER) combine salvaged steel and conduit with cast aluminum poppy pods, and convex and concave spoons. Corresponding to street-signs, security...
Chiang's series of wall works (all titled WITHOUT BREAK ALL POWER) combine salvaged steel and conduit with cast aluminum poppy pods, and convex and concave spoons. Corresponding to street-signs, security mirrors and signage, these works pivot, reflecting an inverted world in the convex faces of spoons. The works infer both the persistent anxiety of drug culture in the American suburb of Chiang’s youth, and the enduring stigma and stereotypes in Sino-American culture around opioid use.
In Chiang's words, "The assemblages of salvaged steel and conduit are inspired by street signs, security mirrors and transience. Parts are attached to a pivoting axis with magnets, allowing reposition. Cut and bent spoons, shown in reverse, reproduce the simple optical trick of reflecting a convex and inverted world in tandem. A single poppy pod, cast in aluminum, extends from each frame.
Opium is heavily stigmatized in my parent's culture and yet they remain unaware of the pervasiveness in the American suburb they settled in. The combination of objects and materials subliminally suggest, or perhaps seduce by, lurking dangers and deep-seated anxiety."
Chiang (b. 1989, San Francisco) received an MFA from Rutgers University and a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. Recent solo exhibitions include Wasted, Laurel Gitlen, New York; Fiend, hatred2, Brooklyn; and spleen and ideal, Prairie, Chicago. Chiang lives and works in New York.
Chiang's work is presented in collaboration with her representing gallery, Laurel Gitlen, NY.
江佩的墙上作品（均以《WITHOUT BREAK ALL POWER》为名）将回收的钢材和导管与铸铝罂粟荚、以及凸面和凹面的勺子相结合。作品借鉴了街头标志、安保镜和指示牌的扭曲的视角，用勺子光滑的凸面映射出一个颠倒的世界，暗示着江佩在美国郊区成长过程中所持续感知到的毒品文化的焦虑，同时也反映了中美文化中对于鸦片使用的根深蒂固的污名与刻板印象。
正如江佩所言：“这些由回收钢材和导管组合而成的装置，灵感来源于街头标志、安保镜以及转瞬即逝的城市景象。部分组件通过磁铁固定在可旋转的轴上，使它们可以自由调整位置。这件作品反转倒置被切割和弯曲的勺子，以呈现一个简单的光学错觉，同时映射出凸面且倒置的世界。同时，每件作品的边框上都延伸出一个铸铝罂粟荚。”
在江佩父母的文化中，鸦片被视为禁忌，承载着沉重的污名。然而，他们却对鸦片在他们所定居的美国郊区无处不在的事实一无所知。物件与材料的组合激起观众潜意识里暗示着的潜伏的危险和深层的焦虑，亦或是在某种程度上以隐秘的方式诱发这样的情绪。
江佩（1989年生于美国旧金山）获得罗格斯大学的艺术硕士学位，并于马里兰艺术学院取得艺术学士学位。她的近期个展包括在纽约的Laurel Gitlen画廊举办的《Wasted》，布鲁克林hatred2空间的《Fiend》，以及芝加哥Prairie画廊的《spleen and ideal》。目前，江佩生活和工作在纽约。
In Chiang's words, "The assemblages of salvaged steel and conduit are inspired by street signs, security mirrors and transience. Parts are attached to a pivoting axis with magnets, allowing reposition. Cut and bent spoons, shown in reverse, reproduce the simple optical trick of reflecting a convex and inverted world in tandem. A single poppy pod, cast in aluminum, extends from each frame.
Opium is heavily stigmatized in my parent's culture and yet they remain unaware of the pervasiveness in the American suburb they settled in. The combination of objects and materials subliminally suggest, or perhaps seduce by, lurking dangers and deep-seated anxiety."
Chiang (b. 1989, San Francisco) received an MFA from Rutgers University and a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. Recent solo exhibitions include Wasted, Laurel Gitlen, New York; Fiend, hatred2, Brooklyn; and spleen and ideal, Prairie, Chicago. Chiang lives and works in New York.
Chiang's work is presented in collaboration with her representing gallery, Laurel Gitlen, NY.
江佩的墙上作品（均以《WITHOUT BREAK ALL POWER》为名）将回收的钢材和导管与铸铝罂粟荚、以及凸面和凹面的勺子相结合。作品借鉴了街头标志、安保镜和指示牌的扭曲的视角，用勺子光滑的凸面映射出一个颠倒的世界，暗示着江佩在美国郊区成长过程中所持续感知到的毒品文化的焦虑，同时也反映了中美文化中对于鸦片使用的根深蒂固的污名与刻板印象。
正如江佩所言：“这些由回收钢材和导管组合而成的装置，灵感来源于街头标志、安保镜以及转瞬即逝的城市景象。部分组件通过磁铁固定在可旋转的轴上，使它们可以自由调整位置。这件作品反转倒置被切割和弯曲的勺子，以呈现一个简单的光学错觉，同时映射出凸面且倒置的世界。同时，每件作品的边框上都延伸出一个铸铝罂粟荚。”
在江佩父母的文化中，鸦片被视为禁忌，承载着沉重的污名。然而，他们却对鸦片在他们所定居的美国郊区无处不在的事实一无所知。物件与材料的组合激起观众潜意识里暗示着的潜伏的危险和深层的焦虑，亦或是在某种程度上以隐秘的方式诱发这样的情绪。
江佩（1989年生于美国旧金山）获得罗格斯大学的艺术硕士学位，并于马里兰艺术学院取得艺术学士学位。她的近期个展包括在纽约的Laurel Gitlen画廊举办的《Wasted》，布鲁克林hatred2空间的《Fiend》，以及芝加哥Prairie画廊的《spleen and ideal》。目前，江佩生活和工作在纽约。
