Working with living artists allows us the chance to ask them directly about their work and process, taking a peek behind the curtain to understand what drives their art practice. In this Quest10ns series, we ask artists whose work is on view at the AGH ten questions on topics ranging from people, places, time periods, and techniques.
Our newest exhibition is the first major Canadian solo exhibition of works by Chinese-born, Montreal-based artist Chun Hua Catherine Dong. Working with performance, photography, and video for over a decade, Dong examines issues related to gender, cultural identity, migration, and diaspora. This week’s Quest10ns article features the artist herself, providing some brief glimpses into her inner life.
- three things that are a must in the studio while working…
Plants, computers, and tea or coffee.
- a tool you most commonly use to make your art…
My body.
- a photograph is…
A documentation of something momentary.
- to photograph is…
To discover stories behind the flat surface.
- if you weren’t an artist, you’d be…
Gardener, pet groomer, or owner of a flower shop.
- an artist you recently (re)discovered…
So many artists, it is hard to name one.
- person(s) (dead or alive) you’d like to grab a coffee with…
My mother.
- title of your autobiography…
My Body is My Monument.
- a recommendation for a book, song, or movie…
Life After People (TV series).
- a place you visited that you’d like to return to…
Tokyo.
Please note that at the time of this publication, the AGH has reopened!
Featuring an extended exhibition schedule ripe with exciting work new and old, the Gallery has something to offer every visitor, whether this is your first trip ever or just your first trip back.
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Header image: Chun Hua Catherine Dong, I Have Been There–Vancouver, 2018, performance and photograph. Courtesy of the artist
