Chelsea Ryoko Wong’s Ode To Mindfulness at Jessica Silverman

In “A Work That Outlives Me” (2024), impressed partly by Morocco and Tunisia, a viewer can parse out an out of doors market with hanging rugs, drapes, and materials. Regardless that one may be drawn to the dynamic, virtually summary colours making up the portray’s location, the true intention reveals the market as a body. With out the relaxed man reclining in his colourful outfit, or the keen and smiling shopper, the attractive surrounding setting can be an empty, quiet shell. 

Although Wong’s topics will be seen as flat creatures, typically seen solely from their facet profile, a dynamic use of the setting and objects provides the work an inviting depth of perspective. Generally, this depth arrives as a type of pathway, and gradient hues permit the attention to journey as freely because the figures in her portray.