Visual Poetics of Embodied Shame is a solo exhibition that takes place at aceart inc,. Winnipeg, CA, from November 5th to December 9th, 2016. This exhibition consists of four individual but interrelated works: State of Grace (2013), Skin Deep (2014), When I was Born (2010), and Come Home (2015) . This exhibition examines the visual culture of shame in relation to the body, subjects and power in contemporary art.  Over the past two years, I have been creating a series of works related to shame that integrates performance, photography, video, and installation. my focus is exploring the visual culture of shame associated with vulnerability in its personal and socio-political dimensions, deconstructing the experience of shame through gestures, movements and audience participation. In my practice, I considers feminism, globalization and psychoanalysis, positioning shame as a feminist strategy of resistance—an ethical practice that seeks altered states of consciousness that possibly leads to restore dignity and humanity.

I also performed  Come Home, a four-hour durational performance, at the exhibition opening. The performance residue is remained in the gallery as part of the exhibition. For more info about the performance, please visit
https://chunhuacatherinedong.com/portfolio/come-home-2/

For more about the exhibition at aceart Inc,. please visit
http://www.aceart.org/visual-poetics-of-embodied-shame-chun-hua-catherine-dong

Photo courtesy of the artist