Cathy Lu featured in Frieze Magazine:âPeripheral Visions (2022), the true standout of the exhibition, is a monument to emotional release. Massive mono-lidded and almond-shaped eyes â their glazed surfaces dimpling and wavering in the light â protrude from the walls and surround the viewer in a seemingly all-consuming gaze. Their pink inner corners droop flaccidly into plastic tubes that expel what Lu dubs âyellow tearsâ (water dyed with onion skins), which spatters into a hodgepodge of found vessels that resemble a Chinese American grandmotherâs kitchenware. These âtearsâ are then fed back up to the top to be wept again. Itâs an all-Asian-American âcry-inâ: each eye was inspired by those of notable Asian American women, including artists Ruth Asawa and Patty Chang, architect Maya Lin, activist Yuri Kochiyama, author Cathy Park Hong, figure skater Michelle Kwan, actor Thuy Trang and journalist Julie Chen. This raucous torrent of collective pain eventually settles into a meditative swell of sound, offering catharsis rather than pessimism. Our fears feel washed away; the ceaseless cycles of hope and disappointment no longer seem like a nihilistic inevitability, but the promise of possibility.â - Vivienne Liu This work is by Cathy Lu is on view at the Chinese Cultural Center SF, she also has work at our annual group exhibition, COMMUNITY GARDEN @johansson_projects #cathylu #SECA #johanssonprojects #sfmoma #bayareaartist #chineseculturalcenter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgo8tXSLBZl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=












