Patty Chang, In Love. Courtesy of the artist
Patty Chang's video work In Love (2001) is featured in the exhibition "Dairies of Home" at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The exhibition features works by women and nonbinary artists, who explore the multilayered concepts of family, community, and home. In the dual-channel, three-and-a-half-minute video In Love, Chang stands face-to-face with her parents. Each channel is tightly focused on the heads of each pair and depicting the absurdist act of artist and parent simultaneously eating an onion, with tears visible in their eyes and on their cheeks. There is a palpable unease, reflecting the underlying tensions that can surface throughout the course of lifelong relationships. In the early phases a child receives nourishment and care from a parent, but with time and age the roles reverse. However functional or dysfunctional, a codependency exists between the two.
2024.11.17-2025.02.02
