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A Brief History of Me

Set of 52 inkjet prints, 8.5 x 11 inches, 2018

Edition of 3

Exhibited at Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto

Collected by National Gallery of Canada

"In this exhibition, personal photographs of the artist, taken from youth to adulthood, are juxtaposed with notes on historical events to form parallel timelines. In a chronological sequence of 51 letter-sized photographs, the artist traces his evolution from a youth in Hong Kong to a middle-aged man in Vancouver, with each page representing one year in his life. Through the interplay of photography and text, A Brief History of Me explores the implicit and mutual influence between the private/ personal and the public/political spheres, and between individual and collective memory."  - Paul Petro Contemporary Art