Rote Shadows

Mill & Max Gallery, Kentucky, US.

学而不思则罔 ----《论语》/ To learn without thinking is blindness ---- Analects

Although patriotically proud of China’s ancient history, younger generations of Chinese have limited knowledge of its cultural traditions. I believe this contradiction to be symptomatic of the education system of contemporary China, and my body of work addresses the problematic relationship between national culture, education, and collective identity.