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Mending

May 12-June 30

Artist Limei Lai explores familial relationships and how they may be able to be repaired in her show, Mending, at Lan Su Garden.

Artist Limei Lai explores inter-generational communication and the life experience of women immigrants in her show “Mending” at Lan Su Garden. The show includes 2D fabric works, a display of used belly aprons collected from China, a picture book, and a fabric installation. This body of work is based on the idea of mending relationships, framed against a background of mothers and daughters. Belly aprons represent the care and love from mothers, and also the past and older generations.

“One day, I encountered some beautiful mended jeans. ‘I wish relationships can be mended and still beautiful and sweet,’ I thought to myself.
But, what if we could? The complexity of intergenerational communication brings difficulty in understanding.

“Conflicts cause fragmentations. In ceramic art, there is a gold repair to make it functional and beautiful again.

“What if relationships can have sweet repair? If we have the mindset of doing repair as a daily practice, then beauty and joy can be found daily.”

Free with admission to the garden.

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Start:
May 12 @ 10:00 am
End:
June 30 @ 6:00 pm
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Organized By

Limei Lai
Organizer Website
laicaifen81.wixsite.com/website

Venue

Lan Su Chinese Garden
239 NW Everett Street
Portland, OR 97209 United States + Google Map
Phone:
503.228.8131
Website:
https://lansugarden.org/

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