https://longtimenosee.art LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:18 +0000 https://longtimenosee.art en https://longtimenosee.art/LONG-TIME-NO-SEE Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:03 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/LONG-TIME-NO-SEE <img width="2500" height="1461" width_o="2500" height_o="1461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbfece71194f2f7780e0804517ea57d6b75a79005785475b1125b585daaad645/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_The-Rose-Piece_found_web.png" data-mid="212195473" border="0" data-no-zoom alt="Stephanie Shih, LONG TIME NO SEE, The Rose Piece. Chinese export ceramics (famille rose, Canton rose, rose medallion) still life with multiflora rosa and garden roses." data-caption="Stephanie Shih, LONG TIME NO SEE, The Rose Piece. Chinese export ceramics (famille rose, Canton rose, rose medallion) still life with multiflora rosa and garden roses." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbfece71194f2f7780e0804517ea57d6b75a79005785475b1125b585daaad645/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_The-Rose-Piece_found_web.png" /> Welcome to the Exhibition Companion for Stephanie Shih’s LONG TIME NO SEE (好久不見), presented by the Museums at Washington and Lee University. In these pages, you’ll find more info about the artworks and behind the scenes looks at the making of from Shih’s time at the Museums at W&amp;L. This project is supported by the Museums at Washington &amp; Lee Artist Research and Artist Residency Program.&nbsp;This exhibition is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. <img width="2500" height="300" width_o="2500" height_o="300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8eb98d972f6f48f6db882cc98755db29df39041095bd4e9d31daeede4267c24/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose.png" data-mid="212229350" border="0" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Stephanie Shih, LONG TIME NO SEE. Silhouette of Asian export ceramics from &quot;The Rose Piece&quot;. On veiw at The Museums at Washington &amp; Lee." data-caption="Stephanie Shih, LONG TIME NO SEE. Silhouette of Asian export ceramics from &quot;The Rose Piece&quot;. On veiw at The Museums at Washington &amp; Lee." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8eb98d972f6f48f6db882cc98755db29df39041095bd4e9d31daeede4267c24/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose.png" /> <img width="999" height="256" width_o="999" height_o="256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ca3d65da725a4213b56815d7dd0c7b9c7ff9d568cb5d999a229cbde98bce561/WLU_Logo-_-Blue.png" data-mid="218204651" border="0" data-scale="83" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Museums at Washington and Lee University" data-caption="Museums at Washington and Lee University" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/999/i/9ca3d65da725a4213b56815d7dd0c7b9c7ff9d568cb5d999a229cbde98bce561/WLU_Logo-_-Blue.png" /> <img width="1585" height="609" width_o="1585" height_o="609" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef89c5ac354d0584f6d5d72e003c1f1177441c67d880ca48eb6adea1531849a1/TER_PMS-660C_Lockup_Medium.png" data-mid="212531620" border="0" data-scale="68" data-no-zoom alt="Terra Foundation for American Art" data-caption="Terra Foundation for American Art" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef89c5ac354d0584f6d5d72e003c1f1177441c67d880ca48eb6adea1531849a1/TER_PMS-660C_Lockup_Medium.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/The-Rose-Piece Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:05 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/The-Rose-Piece 美(國)人 (THE ROSE PIECE), 2023 Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Translating the title, 美(國)人 2. Ceramics 3. Flora 4. Fauna5. Behind the scenes 6. Documents 1. Translating the title, 美(國)人 美人 (měi rén) means ‘beautiful person’ (usually referring to a woman). The Chinese name for the United States is 美國 (měi guó), which translates as ‘beautiful country’. The origins of this name likely come from a shortening of phonetic transliterations of America: 亞美利加 (yàměilìjiā) or the longer name, 美利堅合眾國 (měilìjiān hézhòngguó), meaning 'The United States of Beauty, Advantage, and Endurance.’&nbsp; Americans are known as&nbsp;美國人 (měi guó rén). A further play on words involves the Chinese name for ‘rose’:&nbsp;玫瑰 (méi guī), which is a near homophone for ‘beautiful country’ or ‘America’ 美國 (měi guó), as described above. In this way, the English title—The Rose Piece—is linked to its unspoken name: The American Piece. 2. CeramicsThe over 60+ ceramics featured here are all of the related styles of famille rose, Canton rose, and rose medallion. These styles frequently featured bubolic idealizations of Chinese life and people in the designs. Famille rose in Chinese domestic ceramicsware is called&nbsp;洋彩 (yáng cǎi), ‘foriegn color palette’—it was wildly popular under the Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), who was a cosmopolitan emperor with an army of Jesuits in his court. <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c5d4ef6a203384d158c1999ec10af83c0ef22886a72d40ce166366ba2ad17c7/Vase_2015.5.1.2-2.png" data-mid="214878593" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c5d4ef6a203384d158c1999ec10af83c0ef22886a72d40ce166366ba2ad17c7/Vase_2015.5.1.2-2.png" /> Vase Made in China, 1845–1855 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 24.25”, W. 10.375” Museum purchase with funds provided by W. Groke Mickey, 2015.5.2 <img width="1202" height="1202" width_o="1202" height_o="1202" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/425c501033f6bb492c61b3079bafbf7ec6845d891affab5304b2a873231e2cb6/Rose-tureen_R1967.1.532ab.png" data-mid="214878700" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/425c501033f6bb492c61b3079bafbf7ec6845d891affab5304b2a873231e2cb6/Rose-tureen_R1967.1.532ab.png" /> Tureen Made in China, 1825–1835 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 11”, W. 14.25” Mr. and Mrs. Euchlin D. Reeves Collection in Memory of Mrs. Chester Green Reeves and Miss Lizzie H. Dyer, R1967.1.532ab Dinner sets with Chinese people on them were especially popular in exportware for Europe and America. Contrast this popularity with the following tidbit from the Museums at Washington and Lee collection. In reference to the Wedgwood plates designed and made in 1939–1940 to commemorate the university is the following discussion:“This plate is one of a set of eight plates commemorating Washington and Lee. According to an article in the July, 1939, Washington &amp; Lee Alumni Magazine, the plates were designed by John Graham working with a committee consisting of himself, Joseph Lykes, Cy Young, and Stuart Moore, and representatives from Wedgwood. According to the article, the border was designed "specifically to suggest the history, architecture, landscape, flora, etc. of Washington and Lee and its beautiful campus." [...] The decision was made not to include portraits of George Washington or Robert E. Lee because "there are things more appetizing than eating off of other people's faces and that it wouldn't contribute to the success of a dinner party to have Old George peering out at you from a mound of mashed potatoes or to see a wisp of spaghetti festooned over General Lee's moustache and beard." –from the catalogue entry for object 2011.1000.1.1. <img width="1373" height="1372" width_o="1373" height_o="1372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f646602a2cb985c7e4877bd7c3c1a97d0779e0728ad838b3ac4ddfeaa5ada058/tang-ladies.png" data-mid="214941972" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f646602a2cb985c7e4877bd7c3c1a97d0779e0728ad838b3ac4ddfeaa5ada058/tang-ladies.png" /> Porcelain Figures Made in China, 1780–1800 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 11.75”, W. 10” and H. 11.5”, W. 8.25” Donated by Lacy Holdings, Ltd. and its subsidiary, Tyler Street Investments, Ltd. and Mrs. B.W. Crain, Jr., in honor of Rogers Lacy Crain (Class of 1975) and Rogers Lacy Crain, Jr. (Class of 2009), 2009.24.1 <img width="1000" height="823" width_o="1000" height_o="823" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76ae7a45c5d7f201407df8c4809e8ddb5c7a489a526ac86ee022aba5ef504323/Plate_R1967.1.47.png" data-mid="214942137" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76ae7a45c5d7f201407df8c4809e8ddb5c7a489a526ac86ee022aba5ef504323/Plate_R1967.1.47.png" /> Platter Made in China, 1760–1770 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 1.25”, W. 12” Mr. and Mrs. Euclin D. Reeves Collection in Memory of Mrs. Chester Green Reeves and Miss Lizzie H. Dyer, R1967.1.47 <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7325e3ba292d62eb7783eca5a6a8b6c38d61a6542957b42410ac668b31e4bb4d/cruet_R1981.1.1.4.png" data-mid="214942138" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7325e3ba292d62eb7783eca5a6a8b6c38d61a6542957b42410ac668b31e4bb4d/cruet_R1981.1.1.4.png" /> Cruet (from Cruet Set) Made in China, 1760–1775 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 7” Gift of Jack Warner, R1981.1.1-5 For a full illustrated checklist of ceramics, see the LONG TIME NO SEE catalogue. 3. Flora Multiflora rosa (Rosa multiflora), native to eastern Asia, was introduced to the U.S. in 1866 and promoted for soil retention and decorative purposes. Its robust ability to grow in a wide range of environments, however, disrupts native ecosystems, and it is thus designated an invasive species in many states.Roses were first cultivated in China as early as 3000 BCE, with Confuscian records of the flower in the Imperial Palace in 500 BCE. Rose breeding in Europe gained popularity in the 1800s when Rosa chinensis (China roses) were exported to Europe. Many of today’s garden rose varieties descend from Rosa chinensis species.&nbsp;In Chinese art, roses often symbolize longevity because the Chinese rose has a long blooming season. 4. FaunaNative to eastern Asia, Asian lady beetles (Harmonia axyridis) were introduced into the U.S. in the early 1900s in an effort to control aphids. <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9f35d72c1243fa0c7d152adb7bb7933bf08ef1f8376b33ac177198094569374/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_The-Rose-Piece-detail-1.jpg" data-mid="214883997" border="0" data-scale="70" alt="Asian lady beetle detail of &quot;美(國)人 (The Rose Piece)&quot;, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Asian lady beetle detail of &quot;美(國)人 (The Rose Piece)&quot;, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9f35d72c1243fa0c7d152adb7bb7933bf08ef1f8376b33ac177198094569374/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_The-Rose-Piece-detail-1.jpg" /> 5. Behind the scenes <img width="2500" height="1874" width_o="2500" height_o="1874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac0c1ea74498a1a09395db74c2b3fe970114864a5d18c90610ca52fd03e7e2ee/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--The-Rose-Piece.jpg" data-mid="212195408" border="0" data-scale="70" alt="Sketch of &quot;美(國)人 (The Rose Piece)&quot;, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Sketch of &quot;美(國)人 (The Rose Piece)&quot;, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac0c1ea74498a1a09395db74c2b3fe970114864a5d18c90610ca52fd03e7e2ee/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--The-Rose-Piece.jpg" /> Pictured above: an early planning sketch by artist for The Rose Piece. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/637b8a10b3dee7d06a1e62b01f82acc910893488bd31b13706bed9f33bde2f24/BTS_rose-piece_standees.jpeg" data-mid="216270574" border="0" alt="Behind the Scenes of &quot;美(國)人 (The Rose Piece)&quot;, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Behind the Scenes of &quot;美(國)人 (The Rose Piece)&quot;, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/637b8a10b3dee7d06a1e62b01f82acc910893488bd31b13706bed9f33bde2f24/BTS_rose-piece_standees.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9a61e32cdd0f033494d6115407c1ff3b4cd764cf4f9a503176ca5b51e969e86/BTS_roses.jpeg" data-mid="216270577" border="0" alt="Roses for artist residency, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist, Museums at Washington and Lee" data-caption="Roses for artist residency, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist, Museums at Washington and Lee" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9a61e32cdd0f033494d6115407c1ff3b4cd764cf4f9a503176ca5b51e969e86/BTS_roses.jpeg" /> Pictured above: (left) temporary foam standees of the ceramics for placement on set to protect the actual museum objects; (right) roses stored in W&amp;L Art and Art History’s department refrigerator for the residency. Many of the roses used in The Rose Piece were grown locally in Shenandoah Valley by Susan Roepke, The Flower Fields. 6. Documents Plant Conservation Alliance’s Alien Plant Working Group. “Fact sheet: Multiflora Rosa.” [link]National Invasive Species Information Center. “Multiflora Rosa.” [link]Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. “Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia.” [link]Biden, Joseph R. Jr. 2021. “Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States (January 26, 2021)” WH.Gov. [link]The Burlingame Treaty of 1868 (page 6). [link]California Legislature, Senate, Special Committee on Chinese immigration. c. 1877.&nbsp;Chinese immigration: The social, moral and political effect of Chinese immigration. Sacramento, State Printing Office. [link][Photo: Chinese passengers on ferry, c. 1905] [link]Pitkin, Horace 2. 1888. “Letter to President Cleveland” (page 4).&nbsp;[link]Chinese Exclusion Convention. 1901. For the re-enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Law (pages 4–5). [link]1888. In the Supreme Court of the United States: Chae Chan Ping vs. the United States (pages 14–15). [link]Democratic State Central Committee. 1869. Shall Negroes and Chinamen Vote in California? (page 1). Reprinted from the San Francisco Daily Examiner. [link]Chinese Chamber of Commerce. 1924. High Lights on Chinese Exclusion and Explusion. The Immigration Law of 1924 As It Affects Persons of Chinese Descent in the United States, Their Business Interests, Their Rights and Their Privileges (page 2). [link][Photo: Earthquake ruins] [link][Photo: Near Portsmouth Square in Chinatown, c. 1888] [link] ︎︎︎PREV NEXT︎︎︎&nbsp;<img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212308236" border="0" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/Entanglement Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:06 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/Entanglement ENTANGLEMENT, 2023 Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Ceramics 2. Early European views on China 3. Flora 4. Behind the scenes: Planning sketch 1. CeramicsEntanglement features 2 teapots: a yixing teapot made of unglazed stoneware in Yixing, China made in the late 1700s and a salt-glazed stoneware teapot made in Staffordshire, England during the same time period. Within China, yixing pots were considered some of the best vessels for brewing tea due to the qualities of the clay, and the pots were also hugely popular in export to Europe and the Americas alongside the export of tea. Given this immense popularity, European potters in the late 1600s (in the Netherlands and England) began to imitate the yixing pots--the Staffordshire stoneware pot is one such example. The ceramics together highlight the question: what is a copy in good faith versus a forgery? This is a challenging question given the high status of “copying” in Chinese artistic traditions. Furthermore, if the roles were reversed, it begs the question whether a Chinese copy of a Western teapot still be regarded as ingenious. <img width="1007" height="1007" width_o="1007" height_o="1007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/210004b46bf8a909316e0af9d96fcd56416613375a2cc0805714d248ebe613f5/Yixing-2013.8.1ab.png" data-mid="214851736" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/210004b46bf8a909316e0af9d96fcd56416613375a2cc0805714d248ebe613f5/Yixing-2013.8.1ab.png" /> Teapot Made in Yixing, China, 1725–1775 Made of Stoneware H. 7.25”, W. 11” Museum purchase with funds provided by W. Groke Mickey, 2013.8.1ab <img width="838" height="837" width_o="838" height_o="837" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8985a24c2e349fe1b529c57d4fbcbe9ff393b1f44fb0d279c4d6a4d73b738688/Staffordshire-2013.7.1ab.png" data-mid="214851713" border="0" data-scale="72" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/838/i/8985a24c2e349fe1b529c57d4fbcbe9ff393b1f44fb0d279c4d6a4d73b738688/Staffordshire-2013.7.1ab.png" /> Teapot Made in England, 1750–1775 Made of Salt-Glazed Stoneware&nbsp; &nbsp; H. 4”, W. 6.75” Museum purchase with funds provided by Herbert G. McKay, 2013.7.1ab 2. Early European views on ChinaThe backdrop to Entanglement is a view of Canton (now Guangzhou), one of the major ports of trade in China during the early years of trade between Western Europe and China starting in the 16th century. The engraving is from Johannes Nieuhof’s 1673 account of China,&nbsp;An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China..., which was one of the first views of China published in Europe. The full text can be found here. <img width="640" height="385" width_o="640" height_o="385" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/795f31afb63b527455b8a60ae4a261d399217fd357f1e3c2d7d10cfb80a0cc21/Nieuhof_canton-p52-Medium.jpeg" data-mid="214843372" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/795f31afb63b527455b8a60ae4a261d399217fd357f1e3c2d7d10cfb80a0cc21/Nieuhof_canton-p52-Medium.jpeg" /> Pictured above: Page 52 of Nieuhof 1673. View of Canton harbor. 3. Flora Grapes are a symbol of longevity in Chinese tradition because the word for grapes 萄 (táo) is a homonym of the word for peaches 桃 (táo), which are associated with immortality. Because grapes come in bunches, they can also symbolize having a plentiful and fruitful life. The grapevines used in this still life are wild grapevines from the Washington &amp; Lee Campus Garden. For more information about the Campus Garden and The Office of Sustainability and Energy Education, see here. Chinese wisteria (W. sinensis), which had a long history in China that included medicinal and practical uses, was introduced to England in 1816 by John Reeves (then Chief Inspector of Tea at Canton for the East India Company). It is now one of the most commonly cultivated wisteria varieties in the United States. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0cf0e85a5131ad63e57d5cdb02fbf7fabd0a8ba9bb723bc1fe06b03649b8ab4/BTS_campus-garden.jpeg" data-mid="216632133" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0cf0e85a5131ad63e57d5cdb02fbf7fabd0a8ba9bb723bc1fe06b03649b8ab4/BTS_campus-garden.jpeg" /> Pictured to left: W&amp;L’s Campus Garden and wild grapevine. 4. Behind the scenes: planning sketch The inspiration for Entanglement was how globally entertwined relationships between Europe, America, and China have been since the 1600s. Curator Elizabeth Spear notes that “with the wisteria appearing close to the viewer, this composition seems to involve us in the 3-dimensional space of the still life—and thus, in history—moving the viewer backward in time as it recesses into space.”Pictured to right: an early planning sketch by artist. <img width="1874" height="2500" width_o="1874" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39d1e9eb0f4eddf6e43d11e87c4cd78d2261e6d91152c5ee61566756faa734a8/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--Entanglement.jpg" data-mid="214843723" border="0" data-scale="83" alt="Planning sketch of &quot;Entanglement&quot;, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Planning sketch of &quot;Entanglement&quot;, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39d1e9eb0f4eddf6e43d11e87c4cd78d2261e6d91152c5ee61566756faa734a8/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--Entanglement.jpg" /> ︎︎︎PREV NEXT︎︎︎<img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212309267" border="0" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/The-Secretary-of-State Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:08 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/The-Secretary-of-State THE SECRETARY OF STATE... (THE BUTTERFLY PIECE), 2023 Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Ceramics 2. Flora 3. Fauna 4. Behind the scenes 1. CeramicsThe brightly colored butterfly motif on this ceramic is known as the “Hundred Butterflies”. <img width="902" height="902" width_o="902" height_o="902" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/450f5b5f45da6e92ffc5355c40fe44121240fd97bf92ee74b09ebdb9ec1c182e/Butterfly_R1994.9.3.png" data-mid="214852349" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/902/i/450f5b5f45da6e92ffc5355c40fe44121240fd97bf92ee74b09ebdb9ec1c182e/Butterfly_R1994.9.3.png" /> Plate Made in China, 1875–1890 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain Diam. 9.5” Gift of Mary Johnson, R1994.9.3 2. Flora Kudzu (Pueraria montana), originally from East Asia, is now famous in the United States as an invasive non-native plant that overwhelms Southern U.S. landscapes. In its native range in Asia, kudzu had numerous uses historically: for culinary uses as a thickener in jellies and desserts, for medicinal use, for basketweaving and fiber uses. These practices were not transplanted along with kudzu when it was introduced to the U.S. in the late 1800s and widely pushed for to reverse soil erosion caused by the Dust Bowl in the 1930s by Congress and the Soil Conservation Service. English ivy (Hedera helix), originally from Europe and western Asia, is an invasive non-native plant in the U.S. (it is also considered invasive in many other countries, including Australia, Canada, and New Zealand). It can easily choke out plants and cause damage to structures. Ivy, however, has strong cultural significances to Western European cultures, and was introduced to the U.S. by European colonists in the early 1700s. Both plants—one from Asia and one from Europe—are woven through this piece as a commentary on the multiplicity of American immigrant experiences. &nbsp;3. Fauna The insects in this piece, listed below, come from North America and Asia: those native to North America were collected (already dead) and donated by community members in Lexington specifically for this project.Yellow butterfly (goneopteryx farinosa): Eurasia (sourced from China)Lesser purple emperor butterfly (apatura ilia): Eurasia (sourced from China)Blue buckeye butterfly (junonia orithya): Africa, south/southeast Asia, Australia (sourced from Japan)Leaf mimic butterfly (kallima inachis): tropical Asia (sourced from China)China nawab butterfly (polyura narcaea): Eurasia, Indomalayan (sourced from China)Blue purple butterfly (udara dilecta): Asia (sourced from China)Ailanthus silkmoth (samia cynthia): Asia (sourced from China)Blue white butterfly (mimathyma schrenckii): Asia (sourced from China)Luna moth (actias luna): North America (sourced from Lexington)Eastern tiger swallowtail (pailio glaucus): eastern North America (sourced from Lexington)Large yellow underwing moth (noctua pronuba): Eurasia (sourced from Lexington)Spicebush swallowtail (papilio troilus): North America (sourced from Lexington)Eastern spotted-winged antlion (dendroleon obsoletus): southeastern United States (sourced from Lexington) 4. Behind the scenes <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1fff8fe2835611df4b23633496573eb22ed8210ab0bb7cd04c7ed3579089d0cd/BTS_butterflies.jpeg" data-mid="216270473" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1fff8fe2835611df4b23633496573eb22ed8210ab0bb7cd04c7ed3579089d0cd/BTS_butterflies.jpeg" /> Pictured to left: preparing donated butterflies for their moment on set. Many of the butterflies (and even the English ivy structure) in The Secretary of State... were donated by members of the W&amp;L and Lexington communities for our artist in residence’s project. Thank you to everyone who helped to find and collect dead bugs for us! ︎︎︎PREV NEXT︎︎︎<img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212309458" border="0" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/Peaches-Un-covered-by-a-Handkerchief Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:09 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/Peaches-Un-covered-by-a-Handkerchief PEACHES (UN)COVERED BY A HANDKERCHIEF, 2023 Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Ceramics 2. Peaches 3. Raphaelle Peale 1. Ceramics <img width="1063" height="1063" width_o="1063" height_o="1063" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eabd86ec37aa7994b09c62b5d32a2ccce7d941df27d93d56ea66b4652929fa29/Peach-plate_R1992.10.87.png" data-mid="214893904" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eabd86ec37aa7994b09c62b5d32a2ccce7d941df27d93d56ea66b4652929fa29/Peach-plate_R1992.10.87.png" />DishMade in China, 1550–1620Made of Hard-Paste PorcelainDiam. 11.625”Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bolton McBryde, R1992.10.87 2. Peaches Peaches are referenced in Chinese art as early as the 2nd century and are one of the most important and popular motifs in Chinese culture. They symbolize longevity, based on the ancient tale of the Queen Mother of the West’s special orchard, which had rare peaches that ripened every 6000 years and that would grant immortality to those who ate one. 3. Raphaelle PealeThis piece responds directly to Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825), who was one of the earliest and most well-known American still life painters, and in doing so, evokes the idea of artistic lineages. Raphaelle Peale came from a family of artists, and he studied and collaborated with his father Charles Wilson Peale (who painted George Washington’s portrait a number of times—see the one at Washington &amp; Lee). By directly referencing Raphaelle’s work, Stephanie Shih embeds herself within the rich tradition of American still life. This idea of lineage also aligns Shih’s work to the practices in classical Chinese painting: Chinese painters are known for “copying” from their masters and other painters in the centuries prior. <img width="4096" height="2828" width_o="4096" height_o="2828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3551591b893f559db83b7929223a43997117243dca119b60b856210f1bd07347/Peale_Peaches_2015-1-2v1-pma2017.jpg" data-mid="214893948" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3551591b893f559db83b7929223a43997117243dca119b60b856210f1bd07347/Peale_Peaches_2015-1-2v1-pma2017.jpg" /> Raphaelle Peale, Peaches Covered by a Handkerchief, 1819. Oil on panel, 12.5 x 18” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of the McNeill Americana Collection, 2015-1-2 ︎︎︎PREV NEXT︎︎︎ <img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212309899" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/Still-Life-with-Cake Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:10 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/Still-Life-with-Cake STILL LIFE WITH CAKE, 2023 Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Ceramics 2. Food 3. Flora 4. Raphaelle Peale 1. Ceramics <img width="853" height="854" width_o="853" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2291e5d3b702e372fe79e127d5a6f3c837f9f5ffade7566cbc91304ff49abf7d/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Still-Life-with-Cake_lost_web.png" data-mid="214896938" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/853/i/2291e5d3b702e372fe79e127d5a6f3c837f9f5ffade7566cbc91304ff49abf7d/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Still-Life-with-Cake_lost_web.png" /> Sugar Bowl Made in China, 1800–1810 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 5.25”, W. 5.625” Gift of Ross Rosazza, R1985.4.1.39ab 2. Food <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/542c18786eb2c2a4007a2ae39da2935791075e9c163e69f94344f90aef03e97a/BTS_brick-rubbing-1.jpeg" data-mid="216259244" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/542c18786eb2c2a4007a2ae39da2935791075e9c163e69f94344f90aef03e97a/BTS_brick-rubbing-1.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6db308c1667e867957e9288ed85349e435be838e94bd46fe809e030f24d816c/BTS_moon-cakes.jpeg" data-mid="216259245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6db308c1667e867957e9288ed85349e435be838e94bd46fe809e030f24d816c/BTS_moon-cakes.jpeg" /> Pictured above (left to right): rubbing imprint of Lexington brick pattern on W&amp;L campus; Lexington brick mooncakes baking in the oven Mooncakes (月餅, yuè bǐng) are traditional Chinese cakes eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The cakes were used during the overthrowing of the Mongol rule in 1300s by hiding messages inside or using the designs on top as a mosaic puzzle to communicate hidden messages. Mooncakes have a very long history in China, and possibly originate from contact with Arab ma’amoul (date-filled molded cakes) through Central and East Asia trade. 3. FloraOriginating in China, the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) was introduced to Europe and the United States in the 1700s during the chinoiserie craze. It has a long history in China of use in traditional medicine and in raising silkmoths. Due to its ability to grow and spread in many conditions, the tree crowds out many native species in the U.S. 4. Raphaelle PealeThis piece responds directly to Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825), who was one of the earliest and most well-known American still life painters. Peale made a series of still lifes with this style of small, frosted cake in spare but tightly clustered arrangements between 1813–1822. Shih’s Still Life with Cake is one of the smallest in LONG TIME NO SEE, a response to Peale’s small compositions that were meant to be “single-serving” for the individual viewer. <img width="640" height="450" width_o="640" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90a4e79fbbc386f320a0ce627d21fb219f547974165df49cb3a458a663f664f9/Peale_Still-Life-with-Cake-Medium.jpeg" data-mid="214896910" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/90a4e79fbbc386f320a0ce627d21fb219f547974165df49cb3a458a663f664f9/Peale_Still-Life-with-Cake-Medium.jpeg" /> Raphaelle Peale, Still Life with Cake, 1818.Oil on panel, 10.75 x 15.25” The Metropolitan Museum of Art,Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1959, 59.166 ︎︎︎PREV NEXT︎︎︎<img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212310376" border="0" alt="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/Drive-Out-the-Pig Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:12 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/Drive-Out-the-Pig DRIVE OUT THE PIG (拱豬), 2023 Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Ceramics 2. Flora 3. Fauna 4. How to play Drive Out the Pig 5. Behind the scenes 1. Ceramics <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dd2200e13d9af476791ca8bb7d7e13b5b2dd2989933857c774ab928c44e2f6f/Gogh-R1999.8.5.png" data-mid="214898489" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9dd2200e13d9af476791ca8bb7d7e13b5b2dd2989933857c774ab928c44e2f6f/Gogh-R1999.8.5.png" /> Dish Made in Jingdezhen, China, 1720–1725 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain Diam. 13.625” Bequest of Herbert G. McKay, R1999.8.5 <img width="1500" height="1501" width_o="1500" height_o="1501" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e2e81f5864a466b7b234e62a95fac20493669aec73530842568ed685620de10/Gogh-r1999.8.4.png" data-mid="214898490" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e2e81f5864a466b7b234e62a95fac20493669aec73530842568ed685620de10/Gogh-r1999.8.4.png" /> Dish Made in Jingdezhen, China 1710–1715 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain Diam. 13.625” Bequest of Herbert G. McKay, R1999.8.4 <img width="1302" height="1301" width_o="1302" height_o="1301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab19e3d62845c9b26ecfc24b814e1a454b88c7e4588b53108b58b242f7f40d77/gogh-cup_2008.9.1.png" data-mid="214898493" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab19e3d62845c9b26ecfc24b814e1a454b88c7e4588b53108b58b242f7f40d77/gogh-cup_2008.9.1.png" /> Coffee cup Made in Jindezhen, China, 1710–1715 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 2.75”, Diam. 2.5” Gift of H.F. Lenfest and Beverly M. DuBose III, 2008.9.1 <img width="1500" height="1498" width_o="1500" height_o="1498" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6611682807379e292d0aa15ee2faa137d48e60f67d7d9085bb9bd629fd85fe5/Coin.png" data-mid="214898494" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6611682807379e292d0aa15ee2faa137d48e60f67d7d9085bb9bd629fd85fe5/Coin.png" /> Game Counter Made in Guangzhou, China, 1730–1735 Made of Mother of Pearl Diam. 1.38” Museum purchase with funds by H.F. Lenfest, W. Groke Mickey, and the Frances and Beverly M. DuBose Foundation, 2015.39.45 2. FloraEnglish ivy (hedera helix) is native to Europe and western Asia. Like many species considered “invasive” in parts of the United States, English ivy readily escapes cultivation, spreads, and causes structural and ecological damage. It is a plant with great cultural and historical significance throughout Europe as well as the United States. Roses were first cultivated in China as early as 3000 BCE, with Confuscian records of the flower in the Imperial Palace in 500 BCE. Rose breeding in Europe gained popularity in the 1800s when Rosa chinensis (China roses) were exported to Europe. Many of today’s garden rose varieties descend from Rosa chinensis species. 3. FaunaIn European and Chinese cultures, pigs and boars have significant symbolism. The character for family (家, jiā) in Chinese is a pig radical (豕) combined under a household radical (宀)—literally a pictograph to mean that a pig under a roof makes a home. The pig’s head is a staple at Chinese ancestral workshop meals and is usually considered the cut of honor. It is tied in with the annual peasant dietary cycle: Chinese peasants rear a piglet from the start of the year, slaughters it around the lunar new year, sells the pork at market, and with the income buys a new piglet and some port for new year’s dumplings.&nbsp; The pig’s head in Drive Out the Pig was&nbsp;sourced from a farm in Pennsylvania and then was later donated to W&amp;L’s Anthropology Department for their educational comparative zooarchaeology collection. It was buried on back campus, with the plan to excavate the remains for comparative bone studies in 2024–2025. 4. How to play Drive Out the PigHow to play Drive Out the Pig: 4 players, 52 card deckDeal out entire deck, 13 cards per player.Player with the 2 of clubs leads the first trick with the 2 of clubs.Each trick, players play one card per person. Players must follow suit if possible. If the player does not have a card of the lead suit, they may play any card. The player who plays the highest card of each trick in the lead suit takes the cards of the trick and starts the next trick. The goal is to take or avoid tricks, depending on the cards played.Round ends when all cards are played (13 tricks). Score as follows. Repeat steps 1–4, and end game when a player reaches -1000 points. Scoring:Pig (Queen of spades) = -100Goat (Jack of diamonds) = +10010 of clubs = x2 multiplierHeart cards = -10 each 5. Behind the scenes<img width="2500" height="1874" width_o="2500" height_o="1874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1d7616e93980dc24eae5f57437cf9d8a9b924e2893591f372829947706bfbc4/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--Drive-Out-the-Pig.jpg" data-mid="214845650" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1d7616e93980dc24eae5f57437cf9d8a9b924e2893591f372829947706bfbc4/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--Drive-Out-the-Pig.jpg" />&nbsp;Pictured ablove: early planning sketch by artist ︎︎︎PREV&nbsp;NEXT︎︎︎<img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212316123" border="0" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/Dad-s-Favorite-Mondays Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:14 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/Dad-s-Favorite-Mondays DAD’S FAVORITE, MONDAYS, 2023 Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Ceramics 2. On ketchup 3. Flora 1. Ceramics <img width="755" height="754" width_o="755" height_o="754" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1005eaabcb22d03aa7c8f6bcb41dc62518186f5be1eccd53ac976414e2783c7e/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Dads-Favorite-Mondays_lost-web.png" data-mid="214898862" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/755/i/1005eaabcb22d03aa7c8f6bcb41dc62518186f5be1eccd53ac976414e2783c7e/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Dads-Favorite-Mondays_lost-web.png" /> Mustard Pot Made in China, 1630–1644 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 5.375”, W. 5” Mr. and Mrs. Euchlin D. Reeves Collection in Memory of Mrs. Chester Green Reeves and Miss Lizzie H. Dyer, R1967.1.314 2. On ketchup Ketchup comes from fish sauce (in Cantonese, 茄汁&nbsp;ke zap), common in the South China Seas where European sailors encountered the sauce and brought it back with them (along with the name) to Europe. During its evolution in Europe, it lost fish and eventually gained (after several intermediary varieties including mushrooms) tomatoes, which leads to the iconic red ketchup that we have today. 3. Flora Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) and yellow rocket (Barbarea vulgaris) are in the Brassicacae family, commonly known as mustards. Native to Eurasia, dame’s rocket and yellow rocket were introduced to North American in the 1800s and are often considered invasive species. &nbsp; &nbsp; Since mustard varieties are found in many areas of Eurasia, culinary uses of mustard have long histories across the Asia, Africa, and Europe. Mustard paste is recorded to be used in China in the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE), while the Romans developed the use of mustard as a condiment in Europe as early as the 1st century CE. ︎︎︎PREV NEXT︎︎︎<img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212324636" border="0" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/Gilding-the-Lily-Corn-Soup Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:16 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/Gilding-the-Lily-Corn-Soup GILDING THE LILY / CORN SOUP, 2024 Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Ceramics 2. Corn Soup 3. Flora 4. Behind the scenes 1. Ceramics <img width="1046" height="1157" width_o="1046" height_o="1157" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/befdabbfcde1f6a39e0be416b4411f8eb502d4cd4a21b4a0aa645058f7cd7f8e/tureen-2014.7.1ab_.png" data-mid="214853439" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/befdabbfcde1f6a39e0be416b4411f8eb502d4cd4a21b4a0aa645058f7cd7f8e/tureen-2014.7.1ab_.png" /> Censer/Tureen Body made in Jingdezhen, China, about 1700 Cover made in Vienna, Austria, about 1735 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 5.375”, Diam. 8.75” (body) H. 3.75”, Diam. 9.25” (cover) Museum purchase with funds provided by W. Groke Mickey, 2014.7.1ab <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06e65b2740bf26524dfe5ab035868f057ff6f2b3b54ca3835fdb386537da55f1/guanyin-R1967.1.484-resized.png" data-mid="216761862" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06e65b2740bf26524dfe5ab035868f057ff6f2b3b54ca3835fdb386537da55f1/guanyin-R1967.1.484-resized.png" /> Figure China, 1690–1720 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 9”, Diam. 3.5” Mr. and Mrs. Euchlin D. Reeves Collection in memory of Mrs. Chester Green Reeves and Miss Lizzie H. Dyer, R1967.1.484 Alongside the censer, Gilding the Lily also features a blanc-de-chine figurine of the goddess Guanyin, the Chinese Buddhism goddess of mercy and compassion. Blanc-de-chine—literally 'white from China'—porcelain was made in the city of Dehua along China's southeast coast and was hugely popular in export in the 18th century. Guanyin figures were originally created for domestic markets but became sought after by Western European and American collectors due to religious connotations and similarities to the Virgin Mary. The white figurines were sometimes gilded after they arrived in Europe, as you can see with the flecks of gold that remain on this particular statue. 2. Corn SoupMaize (colloquially ‘corn’ in the United States) was first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico. Spanish and Portuguese colonialists were said to have brought corn to China via the Philippines in the mid-1500s (though some recent research suggests that it had arrived in China before this time). Corn soup became popular in Taiwan in the late 1900s when American manufacturers began pushing U.S. imports in Asia after World War II by running promotions for recipes using their canned goods. This still life features the artist’s mother’s family’s corn soup recipe, and one of the first dishes she learned to cook growing up. The basic recipe is made with 2 cans of corn, and everything else in the recipe is measured with those two cans. Each matriach of the family has their own version: the artist’s mother’s was vegetarian but with slices of American cheese, her aunt’s had chicken stock, and over the years, she has made hers with a rotating melange of mix-ins, including fresh corn, grilled onions, blue cheese, and crab. The basic recipe is below. 1 can whole kernel yellow corn 1 can creamed corn 32 fl oz water or chicken stock (=2 cans) 2 slices American cheese 2 eggs 1 heaping Tbspn cornstarch salt and white pepper, to taste Add kernel corn and creamed corn into a soup pot. Using the two cans, add water or chicken stock. Add 2 slices of American cheese. Bring to a boil with lid on. Meanwhile, whisk 2 eggs in one of the cans. In the other can, combine the cornstarch with a little bit of the boiling soup and mix well to make a slurry. Once the soup has come to a boil, remove the lid. While stirring with a wooden spoon, slowly drizzle in the eggs. Then, stir in the cornstarch slurry until dissolved. Bring back to a boil and let boil for at least 1 minute uncovered after adding the cornstarch. Salt and white pepper to taste. 3. Flora Asiatic lilies are from central and East Asian species, while oriental hybrids are crossbred with Japanese-native species. Lily flowers and bulbs have a history of culinary and medicinal uses in China. They symbolize “harmonious union” in Chinese art because its name, 百合 (bǎi hé), combines the characters for “hundred” (百) and “togetherness” (合). 4. Behind the scenes <img width="1874" height="2500" width_o="1874" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5651e5e7f67fea75317ca12ba0f4409cec11b21bc2f36b1512ab43dbbf6110c4/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--Gilding-the-Lily.jpg" data-mid="212266319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5651e5e7f67fea75317ca12ba0f4409cec11b21bc2f36b1512ab43dbbf6110c4/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--Gilding-the-Lily.jpg" /> <img width="1874" height="2500" width_o="1874" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9294cf28efc573360f603494c4014f2da156ded071ab9f0d58b18f729af109dc/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--Corn-Soup.jpg" data-mid="212266321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9294cf28efc573360f603494c4014f2da156ded071ab9f0d58b18f729af109dc/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Sketch--Corn-Soup.jpg" /> Pictured above, from left to right: early planning sketches by the artist for Gilding the Lily and Corn Soup. ︎︎︎PREV NEXT︎︎︎<img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212324983" border="0" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" /> https://longtimenosee.art/Devil-s-Work Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:36:18 +0000 LONG TIME NO SEE - Stephanie Shih https://longtimenosee.art/Devil-s-Work DEVIL’S WORK, 2023Jump to section ︎︎︎ 1. Ceramics 2. Flora 3. Behind the scenes 1. Ceramics <img width="1500" height="1498" width_o="1500" height_o="1498" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/045aea79a949d2113cb240fba5d03924b3f2187527f4309d8343d3ee3da033d6/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Devils-Work_lost_web.png" data-mid="214900161" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/045aea79a949d2113cb240fba5d03924b3f2187527f4309d8343d3ee3da033d6/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_Devils-Work_lost_web.png" /> Teapot Made in Jingdezhen, China, 1695–1705 Made of Hard-Paste Porcelain H. 6.33”, W. 4.125” Gift of H. Gordon Leggett, Jr., R2005.2.27ab 2. Flora&nbsp; Poppies (esp. opium poppies, Papaver somniferum) are native to the eastern Mediterranean Sea region. They have a long history of medicinal use. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Britain’s East India Company used opium trade extensively in Asia to increase its power and wealth in trade. China tried to enforce opium bans in the 1800s, leading to the Opium Wars between Britain and China.Cherries have a long history in European art, often representing the fruit of Paradise throughout Biblical painting and later secular still lifes. In modern Chinese symbology, cherries are often symbols of prosperity as well as long life--their Chinese name&nbsp;櫻桃 (yīng táo) shares its second character with the word for peach,&nbsp;桃 (táo), which is a classic Chinese symbol of longevity and good fortune. 3. Behind the scenes <img width="1957" height="3024" width_o="1957" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b59b93ff10ee487691d5e5ace6bd24ca6ebbe8cc6cd2ad2b154e31589a7a677/BTS_paper-flower-2.jpeg" data-mid="216256478" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b59b93ff10ee487691d5e5ace6bd24ca6ebbe8cc6cd2ad2b154e31589a7a677/BTS_paper-flower-2.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a38efcec8758d880f0834154aa164f65407fba8418a091c4da376fc2d7034be5/BTS_paper-flower.jpeg" data-mid="216256480" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a38efcec8758d880f0834154aa164f65407fba8418a091c4da376fc2d7034be5/BTS_paper-flower.jpeg" /> The paper flowers in the scene are based on the&nbsp;tradition of Chinese paper-cutting (剪紙, jiǎn zhǐ). ︎︎︎PREV NEXT︎︎︎<img width="2500" height="122" width_o="2500" height_o="122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" data-mid="212325017" border="0" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode alt="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" data-caption="Mini silhouette of Chinese export ceramics, LONG TIME NO SEE, Stephanie Shih, visual artist" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/193dbd5dc4c033288d6b142d0ecd5a716889ae922b88faf2fb891a61931c112c/SHIH_LONG-TIME-NO-SEE_mini-export-ceramics-banner_rose_thin.png" />