{"id":10732,"date":"2024-07-08T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=10732"},"modified":"2024-07-02T08:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:00:11","slug":"yu-wen-wu-in-mother-lode-material-and-memory-at-james-cohan-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/08\/yu-wen-wu-in-mother-lode-material-and-memory-at-james-cohan-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Yu-Wen Wu in &#8216;Mother Lode: Material and Memory&#8217; at James Cohan Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature supplies materials and inspiration to the artists in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamescohan.com\/exhibitions\/66428383203654e249012d70\">James Cohan Gallery<\/a>\u2019s 2-venue summer group show \u2018Mother Lode: Material and Memory,\u2019 an engaging and diverse exhibition that elicits sensitive regard for the environment.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/yuwenwustudio.com\">Yu-Wen Wu<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Acculturation III,\u2019 composed of 143 gilded tea leaves arranged in a grid on the wall, is a standout in the show, and ruminates on the artist\u2019s experience after she arrived from Taiwan to the US as a child.\u00a0 Using tea \u2013 a material related to her family life in both locations \u2013 in arrangements that individually recall letters or collectively resemble an instructional diagram, Wu\u2019s piece speaks to both similarity and uniqueness of each segment of tea branch, all encased in a precious material that testifies to the value of individual and group. (On view through June 26<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 2959px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/80adeae7-c6ce-07a4-2b5f-aeacdb1e7768.jpg\" width=\"2959\" height=\"3163\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yu-Wen Wu, Acculturation III, 143 gilded tea leaves, metal pins, 10 x 96 inches 2022 \u2013 24.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1672px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/8b0824cc-07d4-79eb-2377-5b1abdd1901b.jpg\" width=\"1672\" height=\"2170\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yu-Wen Wu, (detail of) Acculturation III, 143 gilded tea leaves, metal pins, 10 x 96 inches 2022 \u2013 24.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nature supplies materials and inspiration to the artists in James Cohan Gallery\u2019s 2-venue summer group show \u2018Mother Lode: Material and Memory,\u2019 an engaging and diverse exhibition that elicits sensitive regard for the environment.\u00a0 Yu-Wen Wu\u2019s \u2018Acculturation III,\u2019 composed of 143 gilded tea leaves arranged in a grid on the wall, is a standout in the &hellip; 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