"While I was looking through the sketches and pictures of Xiangmei Su's multimedia installation works, I felt a strong and refreshing aroma of  the warm breeze of the Pacific Ocean. Two Thousand hand-made pinwheels carrying the scent of earth and the innocence of childhood hang in the air through the entire exhibition space, sharing with the audience her experience of her cultural transition and her journey of the heart. These pinwheels are like a whirlwind, spreading from the exhibition hall, out from the windows of the gallery as if they are carrying an invisible force, breaking through the glass wall and flying to an unknown world in order to rebuild a new space, a new self. Just as a new wind comes from the spinning pinwheel, Xiangmei's piece creates a fresh breeze of ideas and a new space that belongs to her."

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Text by Prof. Xiong Gu (UBC of Fine Art) 

 

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