The individual gets severed from the entire set of identifications when he or she is disconnected from location. Jonathan Friedman (1999) Queue 1 shows a group of Chinese soldiers patrolling Tiananmen Square. They are arranged in a square array from tall to short, dressed in the same uniform and present well-trained movements. This painting is based on a photograph I took in Beijing 2019; due to the pandemic, that was my final visit to my motherland, China, up until now.
The painting creates discussions around the intention of the artist and explores the diaspora gaze. Through working with photographs, my process involves reconstructing memory, identity, place and time, of questioning one’s personal history and self-belonging. I have tried to present the complex relationships of dislocation and ambivalence caused by diaspora existence.

“当个体失去与地点的联系时，该个体会从整套⾃我身份认知系统剥离。”——乔纳森·弗莱德曼（1999）
《⾸排》展示的是在天安门⼴场巡逻的中国⼠兵。他们由⾼到矮排成⽅阵，制服整齐划⼀，步伐⼀致，动作训练有素。
这幅画的灵感源于我2019年在北京拍的⼀张照⽚。由于疫情影响，那次回国也是我迄今为止最后⼀次探访我的祖国——中国。
这幅画是对艺术家表达⽬的探索，也是对海外移⺠视⻆的探索。通过使⽤照⽚，我的创作过程包括了通过对记忆、身份、地点和时间进行重组，是对⼀个⼈的个⼈历史和归属感提问。我尝试在作品中展现因移⺠的存在⽽导致的流离失所和内⼼⽭盾的复杂关系。