
Jennifer Tee
Tampan the Collected Body #4, 2024
Tulip petal collage, piezography
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
45 x 30 cm
Framed Dimensions:
18 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches
46.4 x 31.4 x 2.9 cm
17 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
45 x 30 cm
Framed Dimensions:
18 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches
46.4 x 31.4 x 2.9 cm
Edition OG
Jennifer Tee's Tampan Tulips series is a decade-long project that explores transitions, migration, and incessant change through collages of flower petals from historic varieties of Dutch tulips. The hues and...
Jennifer Tee's Tampan Tulips series is a decade-long project that explores transitions, migration, and incessant change through collages of flower petals from historic varieties of Dutch tulips. The hues and variegations of each year's petals are dictated by the annual harvest, and are then arranged by the artist into intricate collages that echo the motifs found on traditional tampan cloths from the Lampung province of Indonesia. Tampan cloths, used in ceremonies of transition such as birth, death, and marriage, embody Tee's investigation of voyage and migration. The new tampans acknowledge the journey of tulips from their native mountain ranges in Asia to the gardens of northern Europe, as well as the journey of Tee’s own family members, who immigrated by ship to the Netherlands from Indonesia after World War II. The tulip collages are carefully and precisely documented in piezography prints, which accurately retain and communicate the ephemeral details of the petals into future periods of time.
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