Yuk King Tan

Graft

Artwork Detail

In Yuk King Tan’s work there is often an inter-play between past and present. Chinese fans are traditionally artisan objects but they can also be, like these, bought very cheaply at Asian emporiums and $2 shops. These altered fans support, not delicately hand-painted silk, but mechanical laser transfer prints made at a shopping mall T-shirt booth.

The title Graft refers at once to the medical procedure – here the ‘skin’ of the body is dissected photographically – and a ‘floating world’ of layered cultural references. (Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, 2002)

Title
Graft
Artist/creator
Yuk King Tan
Production date
1994
Medium
heat transfer laser prints on stretch fabric, mixed media
Dimensions
1530 x 1400 x 140 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2001
Accession no
2001/35/1-35
Copyright
Copying restrictions apply
Department
New Zealand Art
Display status
Not on display

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