Comrade’s suit

Exhibited in Vanish Extra at Assembly Room, NYC
2019
Cyanotype on silk organza, electric fan
30” x 30”

This silk Mao suit was sewn using a 1960s pattern from the artist’s grandmother then installed in front of an electric fan to billow like washed laundry or a flag. The cyanotype depicts imagery posted online by men seeking intimacy with other men in Dunhuang, China.