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Tiffany Chung

(Vietnamese-American, born 1969)

Flora and Fauna Outgrowing the Future

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Object Details

Artist

Tiffany Chung

Date

2010

Medium

Micro pigment ink, oil, and alcohol-based marker on vellum and paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 43 × 27 1/2 inches (109.2 × 69.9 cm)
Frame: 46 × 30 inches (116.8 × 76.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired through the George and Mary Rockwell Fund

Object
Number

2014.014.002

Tiffany Chung’s map drawings are abstract and complex representations of landscapes that have been(…)

Tiffany Chung’s map drawings are abstract and complex representations of landscapes that have been affected by processes of urbanization, industrialization, natural disasters, and large-scale warfare. The crafted components of her cartographic drawings include reticular ornamental forms that convey a sense of organic growth, like a fungal spread under the lens of a microscope. For the artist, the extreme level of technical detail and crafted beauty in these drawings speaks to the urgent, at times frenetic, desire for modernization and progress, which in turn can cause dire effects for human populations and ecological systems. This drawing represents the artist’s vision of the future of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, as development and climate change impact the ecology of the river system and its communities.

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