MONA CHOO / Past Work
MONA CHOO / Past Work
Healing I, II, and III, 1993
Oil-based screen print on silk chiffon
150 x 150 cm
Chinese herbs were used to make up fictitious Chinese characters, which were then sewn onto sheets of seaweed. The final result was photographed and then the image enlarged before being screen printed on to fine silk chiffon.
The end result was a series of delicate fabric hangings supported by a bamboo frame.
Private collection - Melbourne, Australia
Taboo - Crotch 1993
Taboo - Tongue 1993
Taboo - Feet 1993
Oil-based screen print on Japanese paper
60 x 80 cm
Taboo is about being a modern day Chinese woman coming to grips with cultural obligations, social customs and expectations.
Body parts were made out of clay, before being photographed together with other made objects. The final images were transferred to a screen and then printed.
Shortlisted for a Highly Commended Award, 15th UOB Painting Of the Year Competition, 1996, Singapore.
Private collection - United Overseas Bank of Singapore (UOB)
Series title: Waiting For You, 1998
Dry point etchings on Japanese hand-made paper.
Size variable
Autobiography Series 1 and 2, 1993-1999
Screen print on paper
70 x 100 cm
A series of screen prints of a vaguely autobiographical nature.
Private collections including the Singapore Art Museum, and Leo Burnett Singapore.