Life of the Invisibles

The project will depict stories of lives and deaths within a marginalized community and bring light to a blind spot in contemporary art. Throughout my decades of art practice, I have been struck by the absence of voices representing the stories of Asian-American lives in the New York art scene. This silence motivated me to begin work on “The Stereotype: Life of the Invisibles”–an art project that will speak of real memories and narratives from the Asian-American and immigrant communities. For the storytelling, I first reflected upon my own experiences working as a curbside artist in Times Square for years, as well as the livelihoods and deaths of my colleagues that I have personally witnessed. I also interviewed immigrant family members, friends, and other members of the Asian-American community in New York to broaden the perspective of the project.