ARTE: Andrea Chung

Andrea's artist statement:

My work examines cultures created under the influence of colonial and post-colonial regimes and their relationship to The Land. I mine foodstuffs, recipes and archival materials such as photographs and tourist publications, in order to reconstruct and create a new series of narratives, which I juxtapose against the stories told by the colony to sell romantic notions about nature and labor.

Through sculpture and painting I use food items and recipes to explore migration patterns, both voluntary and involuntary, and how cultures have been created through the influence of multiple mother cultures and the conditions of The Land. By manipulating photographs and tourism imagery, I investigate how The Land has been sold through picturesque fantasy and fantastic copy.

I ask the viewer to question the “real,” the seen and unseen in order to navigate these conflicting narratives.

http://andreachungart.com

Bato Disik, 2012 made of sugarSink & Swim, 2013 made of sugar and wire

From "Thongs: experience the luxury included" series 2010

Come back to Jamaica, video animation 2009