Exhibition Statement by Curator Vincent Chiang
The opening exhibition of the Louisa Lose Angeles space, The Great Mother's Dream: Metamorphosis as Power and Wisdom, begins with Carl Jung's concept of the "Great Mother" archetype as a point of departure for reflecting on transformation, femininity, and the body. Rather than treating the myth as something distant or symbolic, the exhibition approaches it as a living psychological and cultural force that continues to shape contemporary experience.
At the Center of the exhibition is the image of the serpent. Across cultures, the serpent has long embodied contradictory meanings: creation and danger, wisdom and temptation, renewal and destruction. Its movement suggests a cyclical and unstable form of existence, once that moves between the physical worlds and the unconscious. Within the exhibition, the serpent becomes a shifting presence that connects nature, memory, desire, and transformation.
The participating artists approach these ideas through material, gesture, and bodily experience. Amis artist Ruby Swana works with organic materials that evoke an intimate relationship with the land and the rhythms of the natural world. Her forms appear to grow slowly through space, dissolving the boundary between body and environment.
Through ink painting and scroll-based forms, Lu Wei explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of femininity and motherhood. Her works unfold gradually across space, transforming the serpent into a fluid metaphor for identity, memory and unstable process of becoming.
In the collaborative works of Alexandra Carter and Heather Beardsley, painting and embroidery intertwine to examine the female body through experiences of pregnancy, birth, mythology, and biblical narratives.
The opening exhibition of the Louisa Lose Angeles space, The Great Mother's Dream: Metamorphosis as Power and Wisdom, begins with Carl Jung's concept of the "Great Mother" archetype as a point of departure for reflecting on transformation, femininity, and the body. Rather than treating the myth as something distant or symbolic, the exhibition approaches it as a living psychological and cultural force that continues to shape contemporary experience.
At the Center of the exhibition is the image of the serpent. Across cultures, the serpent has long embodied contradictory meanings: creation and danger, wisdom and temptation, renewal and destruction. Its movement suggests a cyclical and unstable form of existence, once that moves between the physical worlds and the unconscious. Within the exhibition, the serpent becomes a shifting presence that connects nature, memory, desire, and transformation.
The participating artists approach these ideas through material, gesture, and bodily experience. Amis artist Ruby Swana works with organic materials that evoke an intimate relationship with the land and the rhythms of the natural world. Her forms appear to grow slowly through space, dissolving the boundary between body and environment.
Through ink painting and scroll-based forms, Lu Wei explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of femininity and motherhood. Her works unfold gradually across space, transforming the serpent into a fluid metaphor for identity, memory and unstable process of becoming.
In the collaborative works of Alexandra Carter and Heather Beardsley, painting and embroidery intertwine to examine the female body through experiences of pregnancy, birth, mythology, and biblical narratives.