wing luke museum of asian american experience

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MATERIAL FOR SCISSORS TO SHAPE

As an independent curator, each project is researched, designed, and installed in collaboration with the host institution or organization. 

Read a review of the exhibition in the Seattle Times here:  http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/review-everything-has-been-material-for-scissors-to-shape-is-a-flow-of-textiles-interrupted/

Lauren Sinner blogged about her visit to Everything has been material for scissors to shape for Surface Design Journal: http://www.surfacedesign.org/everything-material-scissors-shape/

Through a series of pairings connecting The Wing’s collections with artworks by contemporary artists of Asian heritage, this exhibition explores relationships between myth and the everyday, commodity cultures and identity, and evidence and narratives of women’s labors, from handwork to small shops to factories. Drawing her title from Pablo Neruda’s Ode to Scissors, curator Namita Gupta Wiggers organizes the exhibition into a series of “conversations,” each offering a lens on how textiles shape and form history and human experiences. Artists: Surabhi Ghosh, Aram Han Sifuentes, Stephanie Syjuco. Graphic Designer: Shantanu Suman of Open Door Design Studio