Lacquered, 2013-17

Lacquered 2, 2015
50x40x4cm (detail)
Nail polish on mirror

 

Lacquered investigates how labor and the Beauty Myth work in tandem to perpetuate gender constructs. The subjects are nail salon workers, young migrant women from the countryside who are lured to Shanghai, unwittingly conscripted into the cycle of capitalism which, perversely, acts against their best interests. (nail polish on mirror. 50cm x 40cm each)

Lacquered 1, 2015
50x40x4cm
Nail polish on mirror

Lacquered 4, 2016
50x40x4cm
Nail polish on mirror

Lacquered 8, 2017
50x40x4cm
Nail polish on mirror

Lacquered 1, 2, 3, 4,12,11,10, 2015-2017

Lacquered 10
50x40x4cm
Nail polish on mirror

Lacquered 11, 2017
50x40x4cm, 2017
Nail polish on mirror

Lacquered 12, 2017
50x40x4cm
Nail polish on mirror