Jenny Tchen

Marriage of Horses and Rabbits

Painting
2023
Oil on Canvas
60 x 84 inches
5560 (CAD) For Sale
Marriage of Horses and Rabbits

““Marriage of Horses and Rabbits” invokes parallels between the trauma of war and forced migration evoked through my parents' Chinese astrological animals as they’re depicted in mid-dance as opposing forces of an impending collision. This piece makes tangible the frenetic anxieties surrounding communication and family dynamics developed as a result of the engendered cultural shame encircling experiences of traditional familial patriarchies and marital conflict within my culture and its displacement here in Western society. I parallel the disjunction between my family members with the mythological violence of their yearning for escapism.”

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Marriage of Horses and Rabbits
Marriage of Horses and Rabbits
Marriage of Horses and Rabbits
Marriage of Horses and Rabbits

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Jenny Tchen

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“By re-interpreting and abstracting experiences from within the Western hegemonic framework I was raised in, the conflict I feel internally becomes tangible and identifiable. Cultivating methods to...” [More]