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Edie Tsong
(American, b.1968)
Endless Self-Portrait/ Portrait of an Audience
2005

plasticene



As visitors enter the museum’s 3rd floor, they encounter a plasticene figurative sculpture of Tsong approximately 8-months into her first pregnancy. Exiting the elevator, visitors may at first be unable to identify that the representation is in fact a pregnant female as it is oriented toward a window with her back to approaching viewers. However, the artist encourages viewers to make changes through their interactions with the sculpture. Video and sound components complete the installation.


“... identity is something that is constantly mutating with one’s interactions with people, the environment and society. The sculpture becomes a document of people’s physical interactions. Being pregnant has emphasized this because I am changing day by day and I am forced to recognize my biology and physicality of being human. The piece is really about touch as a vital and lost form of communication, which is something that builds our identities.”





A Small Patch of Earth
2005

video projection


Tsong filmed her expectant body to make a simple video
loop.

“The video makes a parallel between exploring the most deeply personal and the universal, and these two distant spheres as one and the same.”






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