Jennifer Ling Datchuk American, b. 1980
Girls Just Want To Have Fun, 2023
Porcelain, waterjet, porcelain plates, brass, paracord rope on maple
14.25 x 87 x 1.5 in
36.2 x 221 x 3.8 cm
36.2 x 221 x 3.8 cm
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Girls Just Want To Have Fun is rooted in the artist’s tri-cultural Chinese American heritage and artistic practice of historically traditional women’s work. Through material culture, the history of craft,...
Girls Just Want To Have Fun is rooted in the artist’s tri-cultural Chinese American heritage and artistic practice of historically traditional women’s work. Through material culture, the history of craft, and by championing the handmade, Datchuk challenges the social, political, and cultural systems that continue to hold women back. Much of the work focuses on how women specifically embody time: the phases of the moon and the menstrual cycle, the exaggerated weight of waiting and quarantining, the slow growth of hair, the thresholds we cross and the unknown spaces we withstand, and the many “luck” objects we create to hold and use while hoping for a better future or circumstances.
