Thank You Tote
Thank You, Shellie Zhang.
Evoking the imagery of Chinatown markets, and housefold drawers full of saved plastic bags, Thank you is a reusable take on a familiar cultural icon by artist Shellie Zhang.
By uniting both past and present iconography with the techniques of mass communication, language and sign, Zhang’s work deconstructs notions of tradition, gender, identity, the diaspora, and popular culture while calling attention to these subjects in the context and construction of a multicultural society. She is interested in exploring how integration, diversity and assimilation is implemented and negotiated, how this relates to lived experiences, and how culture is learned and relearned.
Thank You, Shellie Zhang.
Evoking the imagery of Chinatown markets, and housefold drawers full of saved plastic bags, Thank you is a reusable take on a familiar cultural icon by artist Shellie Zhang.
By uniting both past and present iconography with the techniques of mass communication, language and sign, Zhang’s work deconstructs notions of tradition, gender, identity, the diaspora, and popular culture while calling attention to these subjects in the context and construction of a multicultural society. She is interested in exploring how integration, diversity and assimilation is implemented and negotiated, how this relates to lived experiences, and how culture is learned and relearned.
Thank You, Shellie Zhang.
Evoking the imagery of Chinatown markets, and housefold drawers full of saved plastic bags, Thank you is a reusable take on a familiar cultural icon by artist Shellie Zhang.
By uniting both past and present iconography with the techniques of mass communication, language and sign, Zhang’s work deconstructs notions of tradition, gender, identity, the diaspora, and popular culture while calling attention to these subjects in the context and construction of a multicultural society. She is interested in exploring how integration, diversity and assimilation is implemented and negotiated, how this relates to lived experiences, and how culture is learned and relearned.