Blog - Paul Wong Projects

@cameronclow putting on the final touches tying t

@cameronclow putting on the final touches tying the gold glass neon tubing with copper wire to glass standoffs mounted on the pearl white automobile painted aluminum sculpted ‘Eternity’ box . Chinese character 36”x 36” x 8”. This is the last Eternity that will be made from the series that started in 2016. Each neon piece is unique , only one per colour (red, yellow, orange mounted on metallic black) and this one pearl white is being made for special class=

Home altar @ernestokut #sacred #objects #antiguit

Home altar @ernestokut #sacred #objects #antiguities #mayan #mexican #ceramics #carvings #stone with #photograph of #chinese #ancestralworship #graves that I photographed in Toisan , Southern China 1982 and printed class=

• @greychurchcollection Thank you @paulwongproje

• @greychurchcollection Thank you @paulwongprojects for installing Windows 97 and sharing this incredible artwork. And thank you @rickerickson2021 for all that you do to support artists! Fun to be in an artist’s studio and to see art friends ❤️ #paulwong #windows97 #momentinhistory #occupiedchinatown class=

@christianyvesjones The Petal – Cánh Hoa (2021)

@christianyvesjones The Petal – Cánh Hoa (2021) a work I made with @thekarajuku is now up on the Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen at Broadway & Kingsway. Schedule of @mpcas.vancouver programming linked in bio.

This work explores the struggle of Asians born in the West who often battle with dueling identities. The video features Kara Juku morphing between an Áo dài (traditional Vietnamese garment) and a contemporary outfit; shapeshifting out of the want to fit in. It represents her journey as she learns to embrace her heritage while navigating societal pressures.

The Petal – Cánh Hoa (2020) first exhibited at the @orgallery in 2020 as part of Pride in Chinatown MMXX curated by @paulwongprojects . Pride in Chinatown MMXX was not only a bold gesture claiming Chinatown as a safe space for LGBTQ2+ people and allies, but was rebuttal against the recent acts of racist aggression and discrimination that included the wave of anti-Asian graffiti amplified by COVID-19.

#videoart #video #asianfilm #yvr #vancouver #art #artwork #drag #publicart #streetart

@leslielohmanmuseum Do you reside outside of #NYC?

1. “Windows 97”, the original installation cre

1. “Windows 97”, the original installation created for the Nash Room in the ICA, London, England (June 1997) 2. Current configuration in studio , sadly I don’t have 16’ ceiling . Neon mounted on handpainted galvanized steel boxes . Two 4’X 12’ canvases with portraits of Chairman Mao and Queen Elizabeth class=

Window 97 (Paul Wong 1997) #animated #neon mounted

Window 97 (Paul Wong 1997)
#animated #neon mounted on hand painted galvanized steel box 4’x4’x6”
#china #redstar #yellowstars #rickbowl #chopsticks #ak47rifle

Originally created as a site specific work for the Fortune Cookies exhibition at ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England. This exhibition centred on the return of Hong Kong to the PRC People’s Republic of China . Windows 97 is a critique of colonialism, nationalism, reunification, capitalism, communism.

Window 97 (Paul Wong 1997) #animated #neon mounted

Window 97 (Paul Wong 1997)
#animated #neon mounted on hand painted galvanized steel box 4’x4’x6”
#hongkong #money #chinese #onecountrytwosystems

Window 97 (Paul Wong 1997) #animated #neon mounted

Window 97 (Paul Wong 1997)
#animated #neon mounted on hand painted galvanized steel box 4’x4’x6”
#britain #atomicsymbol #unionjack #crown

“Windows 97” #neon (paulwongprojects 1997) Ori

“Windows 97” #neon (paulwongprojects 1997)
Originally created as a site specific work for the Fortune Cookies exhibition at ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England. This exhibition centred on the return of Hong Kong to the PRC People’s Republic of China . Windows 97 is a critique of colonialism, nationalism, reunification, capitalism, communism.

“Windows 97” (Paul Wong 1997) uncrated and bei

“Windows 97” (Paul Wong 1997) uncrated and being installed in studio… excited to see again, this work has been in storage class=

Skyler & class=

This Saturday (Nov 20) 1-4pm, Vancouver Biennale P

This Saturday (Nov 20) 1-4pm, Vancouver Biennale Presents
Occupying Chinatown Pop-up Exhibition and Book Signing with Paul Wong

LINK TO RESERVE TIME SLOT IN BIO

Reserve your time slot 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Vancouver Biennale
290 West 3rd Ave
Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1G1

1)父字 / Father’s Words, August 24, 1964
2)父字 / Father’s Words, December 29, 1971
3)父字 / Father’s Words, June 22, 1973
Paul Wong, 2019
27.5” X 39.5”
digital print on bamboo paper, edition of 3

Father’s Words are three letters written over a period of 9 years from 1964 to 1973. He is Suk-Fong’s father, who was a banker, goldsmith, merchant, and landowner before the communist revolution. His land, businesses, and wealth were seized during the land reforms of the 1950s. His legs were broken in politically-motivated beatings during the years he was incarcerated in a re-education prison. In his letters, he often talks about his painful foot injuries, and the ongoing need for rare and expensive Chinese medicines. Perhaps in fear of government censorship, his internationally-destined letters were carefully worded, often emphasizing the much simpler life that now existed in the new People’s Republic of China.

Loving the latest orange version of Eternity #neon

Loving the latest orange version of Eternity #neon mounted on metallic black automobile paint on aluminum . Eternity is a #chinese #word that has been recurring in my artworks since 1992 in paintings , sandblasted mirrors, graphics and in neon starting in 2016. Five Eternity Neon’s have been rendered in whites, yellow , red . This Eternity orange (2021) was made for a private home and operates with a dimmer. All the electronics are housed hidden in the metal box , the work is wired into the wall with an external on off switch class=

Paul Wong (2021) Occupying Chinatown Book Special

Paul Wong (2021) Occupying Chinatown Book
Special Collectors Box
Edition #2 of 8
Handmade box with magnetic closer
Signed limited edition of 8, each set is unique

Inquires: admin@onmaingallery.ca

1. Box. 29.21cm x 35.56cm x 2.54cm
2. Occupying Chinatown Book
3. Love Letters Folio:
3a. Love Letters Story. 41.91cm x 36.2cm
3b/c. Two original watercolour paintings by Soo Ying Tse. 38cm x 29cm
3d. One original letter mailed to Soo Ying Tse
4. Red Envelope:
4b. USB Flash card (4gb) with three video works:
Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade (1988) 90min w/ sound
Motherʼs Cupboard (2020) 13min w/ sound
Chinese Only Bumpers (2019) 1min
5. Two bookmarks

Vancouver Biennale Presents Occupying Chinatown Po

Vancouver Biennale Presents
Occupying Chinatown Pop-up Exhibition and Book Signing with Paul Wong
Saturday Nov 20, 2021, 1- 4pm

LINK TO RESERVE TIME SLOT IN BIO

Reserve your time slot 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Vancouver Biennale
290 West 3rd Ave
Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1G1

This one day exhibition and sale will include artworks, limited edition prints, scrolls and video: Father's Words, Third Brother, Younger Sister, Mother's Cupboard Jars and video, plus the Occupying Chinatown Book Special Collectors Box. Paul Wong will be at the event to sign your book ($80).

“Paul Wong’s Occupying Chinatown is deeply moving and subtly shocking. The life of Paul’s mother Suk-Fong is a kind of pilgrim’s progress of one young Chinese woman through a 20th century journey of deep despair and strange fulfillment. Her story focuses the life of a Chinatown, of alienation, of exclusion – all told in the context of one family’s struggle to communicate and make its bonds mean something, I am so glad that this book commemorates an exhibition which laid bare the eternal bonds of family, the personal cost of alienation and the salvation of identity.” – The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson

Please note all participants must pre-register online to reserve time slot. COVID-19 health protocols will be observed, including showing proof of vaccination passport status with ID and masking. Photographs 1. 4 can add scrolls , one is table scroll with antique wood document box. 2. Snow Chen proudly holding her copy of Occupying Chinatown book. Photographed Oct. 21, 2021 in Philadelphia by Paul Wong. Snow’s 13 page 1994 letter is featured in book. 3&4 two pages of Snow’s letter. 4&5 two of 83 Jars from Mother’s Cupboard containing Chinese herbs, medicines and elixirs. 6 still from Mother’s Cupboard video feature Suk-Fong Wong

The hereditary chief of the Eagle Clan of the Haid

The hereditary chief of the Eagle Clan of the Haida Nation is considered one of B.C.'s greatest living artists. James (Jim)Hart / 7idansuu is the 2021 reciepient of the $100,000. @audainprize for Visual Art #artist #carver #aboriginal #indigenous #reconcilation #haida #art #regalia #eagle #cedar #abalone #buttonblanket #robe #headdress class=

Forgot about the beautiful Floral Alphabet four le

Forgot about the beautiful Floral Alphabet four letter series . Thanks for posting ❤️@dannyayer AYER is a four letter word

A is Allium
Y is Yoko Ono Mom
E is Echinacea
R is for Rose

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The moment Michael Audain and Yoshi Karasawa (Auda

The moment Michael Audain and Yoshi Karasawa (Audain Art Foundation ) officially announce donation of $100 million to the Vancouver Art Gallery towards construction of its new building at Nov. 4 morning press conference . The biggest private cash donation to a gallery /museum in Canada .
#historical #transformative #art #philanthropy #micdrop #phonedrop #standingovation #gift

Posted @withregram • @audainprize Introducing th

Posted @withregram • @audainprize Introducing the 2021 Jury! The Audain Prize for the Visual Arts is one of Canada’s most prestigious honours. The recipient is selected by an independent panel of jurors, which we are excited to present.
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Paul Wong is a media-maestro making art for site-specific spaces and screens of all sizes. He is an award-winning artist and curator who is known for pioneering early visual and media art in Canada, founding several artist-run groups, leading public arts policy, and organizing events, festivals, conferences, and public interventions since the 1970s. Writing, publishing and teaching have been an important part of his praxis. With a career spanning four decades he has been instrumental proponent to contemporary art.
Born in Prince Rupert in 1954, Paul Wong has shown and produced projects throughout North America, Europe and Asia. His works are in many public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa), and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Wong is the winner of the Bell Canada Award in Video Art for outstanding contribution to the field of video art in 1992. He was the first recipient of the Transforming Art Award from the Asian Heritage Foundation in 2002 and the inaugural winner of the Trailblazer Expressions Award in 2003, the National Film Board, and CHUM Limited (one of Canada’s leading media companies and content providers). In 2005, Paul Wong received Canada’s Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Art for outstanding contributions to the field. In 2008 he was awarded Best Canadian Film or Video at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Wong was the recipient of the 2016 Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts.

Photo credit: Jennifer Gauthier @jennifergauthier_photo

Learn more about the Audain Prize on our website (link in bio)!
Administered by the @audainartmuseum
#audainprize #audain #prize #jury #canadianart #canadianartists #art #award #britishcolumbia #vancouver

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