Jennifer Ling Datchuk American, b. 1980
LUCKY, 2021
Porcelain and gilded silver
42 x 4 x 1 1/2 in
106.7 x 10.2 x 3.8 cm
106.7 x 10.2 x 3.8 cm
Further images
Datchuk looks at how adornment can be used to empower and comfort the wearer in these forms, inspired by jewelry and good-luck charms. By rendering these objects on a large...
Datchuk looks at how adornment can be used to empower and comfort the wearer in these forms, inspired by jewelry and good-luck charms. By rendering these objects on a large scale, she conveys the weight of traditional cultural symbols. In LUCKY Bracelet (2021), she references the Chinese tradition of giving gold jewelry to ensure stability. “In times of uncertainty, I grab onto objects that give me comfort and hold hope, like the LUCKY bracelet, a gift from my Chinese grandmother when I was a teenager.”
Exhibitions
Jennifer Ling Datchuk: Eat Bitterness, Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NB, 2023; curator: Rachel AdamsJennifer Ling Datchuk:Later, Longer, Fewer, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, 2021; curator: Kathryn Hall.
Literature
Jennifer Ling Datchuk Interviewed by Michelle Millar Fisher, Bomb Magazine, Sep 5, 2023Datchuk, Jennifer Ling. 2023. “Jennifer Ling Datchuk.” InVisible Culture, no. 35 (May).
Nancy Zastudil, "This Time 'Round: Jennifer Ling Datchuk at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft," Arts and Culture Texas, Houston, TX, October 20, 2021 (illustrated)
Lauren Moya Ford, "The Control Over Women’s Bodies, Expressed in Porcelain, Rope, and Hair," Hyperallergic, November 9, 2021 (illustrated)
