November 2022 / In the Backspace: Surplus Value
Jia Jia, Redefine
Clay, curved Pean hemostatic forceps, shredded Oxford Dictionary pages
10" x 5" x 5"
2022
In the Backspace /
Surplus Value by Jia Jia
November 03 - 26, 2022
Opening Reception / Thursday, November 03, 5–8pm
Winter/Covid-19 Gallery Hours:
Friday–Sunday, 11am–4pm
Jia Jia is a multi-media artist. She works primarily in installation, incorporating sculpture, video, and performance. Her practice uses satire and humor to imagine everyday objects anew. The work questions how globalization and a technologically saturated society influence the ideology of the individual and how the individual behaves in a society filled with contradiction and stimulation.
"As a foreigner living in the US, I question how I can be an adapter for living – how I can understand myself as a product to be inefficient and non-productive under the current globalization. In the cultural digesting process, how can I work against power and violence in a hidden way? Those are the topics I explore and challenge the audience to experience in my work."
Jia Jia, Untitled
Leather, thread, stanchions
32” x 17”x 4”
2022