Tampan Tulip
Natasha Ginwala, Sophie J Williamson ; design: Cleo Tsw
- Author(s)
- Natasha Ginwala, Sophie J Williamson, design: . -
- Publication
- Vienna ; Rotterdam ; Berlin Secession ; Kunstinstituut Melly ; Revolver Publishing Goldland Media : Secession ; Kunstinstituut Melly ; Revolver Publishing Goldland Media, 2022
- Scope
- 178 ; [14] Pages, illustrated, 28 cm.
- ISBN
- 9783957635242
Jennifer Tee’s exhibition Still Shifting, Mother Field at the Secession Vienna (Sep. 6 – Dec. 6 2022) and art institute Melly Rotterdam (Jan. 20 – May 21 2023), explored the idea of the wandering spirit or lost soul and, moreover, the question of how we can refine or redefine the human’s place in the cosmic world and our surrounding natural environment. A central element of the exhibition was the collage series Tampan Tulip, on which Tee had worked for over a decade. The collages are made of pressed tulip petals with motifs taken from Lampung Tampan weavings that often include a ship with human souls, animals, and plant-like forms moving forward to the afterlife: references, which explore the tree of life, migration, and diasporic narratives in relation to genealogy and ancestry. The Tampan Tulip works are also the core subject of this artist’s book, which reflects the unique language, vocabulary, and material realities behind the imagery, narrative, and materiality of these collages.
- Person as subject
- Jennifer Tee
- Keywords
- nature , (de)colonisation , collage / assemblage , diaspora
- Location
- Cabinet 7 - 6: Kunstenaars
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