2023
This is an autobiography dedicated to the artist, as well as all Asian women experiencing an identity crisis, catering to the male gaze while thriving to earn a ground of themselves.Taking the fortune cookie, which originated in California, US, in the 1920s and gradually became the symbol of Chinese culture, as a projection of their identity crisis as an Asian woman, the artist confessed the confusion in multiple aspects: the intergeneration gap, the shared physical and mental experience as a female, and how they are facing the gaze of post-colonialism, catering to the Western audience, in an era of a polarized society.Yellow-skinned, opaque, cheaply-made, catering to the Western, feminine shape, it was a projection of myself while it was the opposite of my nature. It has constantly been revealing. I deliberately chose it as the agent of my own avoidance. And right behind the avoidance, what has been lurking around is my fear of showing my genuine desire to speak out loud.What do they have to offer? The telling has yet to come.
Naichen Pan
United States
Naichen Pan is a multimedia artist and curator who recently relocated to New York after graduation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in painting and drawing. Growing up in China, Naichen initiated their difficult relationship with art in 2014; since then, their practice has been driven by the untranslatable nature of languages. Naichen is a mute constantly working on appropriating languages.