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Julie W. Chang
Amulets, 25 May - 30 June 2023
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Julie W. Chang Horusankheye, 2021 acrylic and resin on panel 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in 29.8 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm
Julie W. Chang
Horusankheye, 2021
acrylic and resin on panel
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in
29.8 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm

Opening reception: Thursday 25 May, 5-7pm

 

In her newest body of work, Julie W. Chang wields a dictionary of talismans to investigate and celebrate the power of cultural symbols to shape and transform our lives.

 

In the wake of the 2020 pandemic, Chang began reconsidering how traditional amulets operate as protective energies as well as binding or guiding forces. Her deftly intricate paintings weave together fetishes from a wide range of cultures and eras, in a series of layers that form a three-dimensional matrix. Layered and interwoven in this way, these symbols of healing, wisdom, redemption, joy, enlightenment, interdependence, and peace combine to form a powerful global emblem of hope and renewal.

 

Chang has long been interested in the implied meanings and identifying markers inherent to the historical development of patterns in textiles and decorative objects. Chang manipulates this tradition of abstract patterning through collisions of familiar forms, like the Chinese symbol for happiness, the Sanskrit character for namaste, the peace sign, or the lucky cricket. Through layering and repetition, these symbols morph, migrate and cross boundaries, transformed by encounters with other forms. Arrivals, foreignness, dislocation, struggle, and integration are some of the references implied in these confrontations.

 

This exhibition will also debut Chang’s first free-standing sculptures, in which the amulets and symbols are stacked and interlocked as building blocks. These forms arise vertically or expand outward in a cooperative gesture of interdependence, giving physical shape to the metaphor of peace as an act of co-creation.


Julie Chang was born in Parkridge, Illinois and raised in Orange County, California. She received her MFA from Stanford University in 2007. Recent Bay Area public commissions include the 20,000 square foot terrazzo floor in the Salesforce Transit Center, a mural at the Willie Woo Woo Wong playground in San Francisco, and two large-scale architectural exteriors in downtown Oakland: a glass installation at the Lydian Building and a printed ceramic tile facade at the Alice House.

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  • Multi-colored symbols from a variety of different cultures and ethnicities including khanda symbols isa symbols and ayatul kursi symbols are layered on top of each other to create a three D illusion
    Julie W. Chang
    Horusankheye, 2021
    acrylic and resin on panel
    11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in
    29.8 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm
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  • Square painting with layers of icons in different neon colors. Recognizable icons: Star of David, Double Happiness, Cricket, Ankh.
    Julie W. Chang
    Cricketankursi, 2023
    acrylic and resin on panel
    11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in
    29.8 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm
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  • Layers of icons in different colors. Recognizable icons: Hamsas, Om symbols, Asian characters, lotus flowers, and swords.
    Julie W. Chang
    Lotusaumswords, 2021
    acrylic and resin on panel
    11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in
    29.8 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm
  • Multi-colored symbols from a variety of different cultures and ethnicities are layered on top of each other and create a three D illusion
    Julie W. Chang
    Ayatulankhappy, 2021
    acrylic and resin on panel
    11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in
    29.8 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm
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  • Multi-colored symbols from a variety of different cultures and ethnicities including double happiness symbols the star of David and crickets are layered on top of each other to create a three D illusion
    Julie W. Chang
    Happycricketstar, 2023
    acrylic and resin on panel
    11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in
    29.8 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm
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  • Multi-colored symbols from a variety of different cultures and ethnicities including khanda symbols isa symbols and ayatul kursi symbols are layered on top of each other to create a three D illusion
    Julie W. Chang
    Bokhamnisa, 2023
    acrylic and resin on panel
    11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in
    29.8 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm
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Press
  • A square painting with repeated cultural symbols in a variety of colors, including neon orange crickets, neon pink Stars of David and neon green Double Happiness

    Julie Chang: Vibrant Matter, Full Essay

    Sarah Sentilles, Iowa State University: University Museums, February 7, 2022
Events
  • Left: An Asian-American woman leans over a work table in an art studio. Right: Headshot of an Asian-American woman looking at the camera.

    In Conversation: Julie W. Chang and Abby Chen

    29 Jun 2023
    Join us in the gallery for a conversation between artist Julie W. Chang and curator Abby Chen (Head of Contemporary Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco) about Chang's current exhibition, Amulets . Registration required , space is limited. Cocktails @ 5pm Talk @ 6pm
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