The artist
While these collections are broadly chronological, occasionally an artwork is created in reflection
or nostalgia. Cataloguing and organising art is like filing postcards that keep arriving
out of order.
Each canvas is a nod to a female character found in Vietnamese mythology. The jealous woman, the incompetent wife and the prized daughter… not unfamiliar gendered archetypes in any culture.
After loss, betrayal and suffering, Philomela gets revenge and transforms into a nightingale.
The tiger feared the persimmon, having convinced herself that it must be a much scarier creature than herself.
Shadow self - the counterweight to the persona or 'mask'.
Ignoring the shadow gives it power. (Jung)
