Andrea Chung: The Mess You Made

September 15th - November 18th, 2018

Opening reception: 6-9PM Saturday, September 15th

Hawthorn Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of The Mess You Made, an exhibition featuring San Diego-based artist Andrea Chung. Chung is an interdisciplinary artist who examines the complex intersections between material, process, history and place. Born to a Trinidadian mother and a Jamaican father, Chung considers herself Caribbean-American. Rich in research, process, and at times intensely laborious; Chung's work concerns itself with the far reaching effects of colonization in the Caribbean region.

Chung will often utilize a single process or material to expose the multifaceted

aspects of history, migration and labor to unmask the repercussions of colonization that often go unnoticed by those who benefit. Chung has stated, “I hope that people will consider labor and its complicated relationships with cultures that have developed from the descendants of people who were coerced into colonial workforces.”

For The Mess You Made, Chung will focus on “the legacies of tools and their

unintended use in the hands of the colonized.” Each tool, made and cast from sugar, will be hung and cast in overwhelming amounts to create an enveloping installation. These objects are not only symbolic of a much larger story, the material sugar also speaks volumes.