Jennifer Ling Datchuk American, b. 1980
Hustlers, my neck my back series, 2026
Porcelain
8 x 9 x 4 in
20.3 x 22.9 x 10.2 cm
20.3 x 22.9 x 10.2 cm
Further images
My Neck, My Back are porcelain baby forms cast from an antique Chinese export-ware ceramic pillow form – made to prop up the head and protect female hairstyles during sleep....
My Neck, My Back are porcelain baby forms cast from an antique Chinese export-ware ceramic pillow form – made to prop up the head and protect female hairstyles during sleep. Yet rather than supporting the heads of resting women, these figures carry an assortment of fruit, chicken feet, and a service bell on their backs. They bear the weight of these objects on their elbows and knees, evoking precariousness and tension as they spin while balancing them. Moreover, the figures’ pose implies an inherent subservience to the absent “one” who requires them to perform such work. Combined with the title My Neck, My Back (a reference to the sexually explicit pop song), the pose reminds viewers of both the fetishized and labor-intensive expectations placed on Asian women.
Provenance
Artist StudioExhibitions
Jennifer Ling Datchuk and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: In Our Hands, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2026Women Who Wander, UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum, Austin, TX, 2026
