Exhibition: I Carry My Home
Location: 48th Ward District Office, 5533 N. Broadway,
M-F 9 am-5 pm
Dec 15, 2017 - Jan 19, 2018
Artist: Yu L. Huang
I Carry My Home is a series of work about the immigrant and refugee experience. Artist Yu Huang has been working on the series for the past two years. The series is mostly centering on the experience of Syrian refugees. As an immigrant herself, Ms. Huang felt the pains of the numerous displaced Syrian people, who had to leave their home to escape from war. Inspired by images seen through the mass media, Yu Huang created this series of paintings to express her empathy towards the suffering of refugees throughout the world.
Location: 48th Ward District Office, 5533 N. Broadway,
M-F 9 am-5 pm
Dec 15, 2017 - Jan 19, 2018
Artist: Yu L. Huang
I Carry My Home is a series of work about the immigrant and refugee experience. Artist Yu Huang has been working on the series for the past two years. The series is mostly centering on the experience of Syrian refugees. As an immigrant herself, Ms. Huang felt the pains of the numerous displaced Syrian people, who had to leave their home to escape from war. Inspired by images seen through the mass media, Yu Huang created this series of paintings to express her empathy towards the suffering of refugees throughout the world.
Selected Works from I Carry My Home exhibition:
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I Carry My Home, oil on canvas, 48" x 120", 2016-2017
As an immigrant, I felt the pains of the numerous displaced Syrian people who had to leave their home to escape from war. In this work, several generations of Syrian refugee families are leaving their homeland to seek safety. All they have is each other and a few possessions they can carry.
As an immigrant, I felt the pains of the numerous displaced Syrian people who had to leave their home to escape from war. In this work, several generations of Syrian refugee families are leaving their homeland to seek safety. All they have is each other and a few possessions they can carry.
Spin to Win –What’s Going On, oil on canvas, 48" x 48", 2017
The painting depicts political influencers of the region where Syrian war took place and the children affected by the war. It borrows the design of a wheel of fortune to convey the idea that any careless behaviors of political leaders can result in tremendous loss of innocent lives.
The painting depicts political influencers of the region where Syrian war took place and the children affected by the war. It borrows the design of a wheel of fortune to convey the idea that any careless behaviors of political leaders can result in tremendous loss of innocent lives.
Officer and a Mother, oil on canvas, 36" x 36", 2017
The painting is intended to criticize the unsympathetic attitude of European countries towards the refugee crisis in the beginning of the Syrian war. It plays upon a 17th century Dutch painting Officer and Laughing Girl by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). In Vermeer’s work, the laughing girl has a playful exchange with the officer. I replaced the laughing girl with an agonizing mother, holding two small children in her hands. This is an example of my attempt to use art historical references commenting on contemporary political events.
The painting is intended to criticize the unsympathetic attitude of European countries towards the refugee crisis in the beginning of the Syrian war. It plays upon a 17th century Dutch painting Officer and Laughing Girl by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). In Vermeer’s work, the laughing girl has a playful exchange with the officer. I replaced the laughing girl with an agonizing mother, holding two small children in her hands. This is an example of my attempt to use art historical references commenting on contemporary political events.
They Shall Not Perish, oil and collage on canvas, 60" x 72", 2017
I painted this work to reflect on the history and change of US immigration policy today. In the center is Lady Liberty opening her arms and holding an U.S. flag which suggests her embracing all people desiring freedom and liberty. The images in the background on the right are early immigrants to the U.S.; on the left are images of contemporary refugees. These images form columns to indicate immigrants and refugees are the foundation of United States of America. The title They Shall Not Perish refers to a movement helping refugees at the turn of the twentieth century. It reminds us not forgetting our moral sense of duty to assist refugees of our own time.
I painted this work to reflect on the history and change of US immigration policy today. In the center is Lady Liberty opening her arms and holding an U.S. flag which suggests her embracing all people desiring freedom and liberty. The images in the background on the right are early immigrants to the U.S.; on the left are images of contemporary refugees. These images form columns to indicate immigrants and refugees are the foundation of United States of America. The title They Shall Not Perish refers to a movement helping refugees at the turn of the twentieth century. It reminds us not forgetting our moral sense of duty to assist refugees of our own time.
Life and Pursuit of Happiness, oil on canvas, 60" x 130", 2017
A large-scale painting portrays images of refugees suffering through war. They endure various difficult circumstances to escape from their war-torn homes. The refugees struggle to survive escaping by foot, by sea, or climbing through fences to seek better and safer opportunities for themselves and their children. The title of this work recalls the words from our Declaration of Independence that suggest refugees and immigrants desire the same things that our founding fathers did.
A large-scale painting portrays images of refugees suffering through war. They endure various difficult circumstances to escape from their war-torn homes. The refugees struggle to survive escaping by foot, by sea, or climbing through fences to seek better and safer opportunities for themselves and their children. The title of this work recalls the words from our Declaration of Independence that suggest refugees and immigrants desire the same things that our founding fathers did.
The First and Second Bombs, oil on canvas, 36" x 48", 2017.
I created after watching a BBC news report on the bombings in Syria. The young man lost his mother and a sister the minute they left their home to escape from a bombing. Watching this boy, now an orphan, sitting around pools of blood mourning for his loss, tears were helplessly running through my eyes. He pointed to his destroyed family home in the background. And he turned away crying in the shadow. These two paintings are meant to be a historic record for the suffering of Syrian people and the brutality of war.
I created after watching a BBC news report on the bombings in Syria. The young man lost his mother and a sister the minute they left their home to escape from a bombing. Watching this boy, now an orphan, sitting around pools of blood mourning for his loss, tears were helplessly running through my eyes. He pointed to his destroyed family home in the background. And he turned away crying in the shadow. These two paintings are meant to be a historic record for the suffering of Syrian people and the brutality of war.