Join us to celebrate the work of Raeleen Kao as a part of the Elevate series at 21c Chicago!
Free & open to the public. Reserve your tickets here.
Raeleen Kao describes her work as an overgrown refuge that reaches out and folds her up within the safety of looming nest-like bodies. These chimeric manifestations were born to ward off the solitude of trauma, to take possession of pain, and demonstrate that the monsters we cultivate can be protectors too. Her work is simultaneously an act of mourning and an analysis of women’s body politics stemming from outdated puritanical literature, mythology, folktales, and buttoned-up Victorian superstitions, which contemporary society obtusely clings to.
On view in Gallery 3 is a trio of Kao’s work illuminating her practice as a printmaker and includes a site-specific installation of Vital Signs, composed of printed etchings, hand-cut paper, and wax.
