Editor’s Letter: Forces for Change
By Elaine W. Ng
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Detail of Mother of Pearl, 2021, color print on satin, 76.2 × 127 cm. Photo by Daniel Vincent Hansen. Courtesy the artist and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong
Recovery, healing, transformation—collectively and individually we are undergoing these interconnected processes in the post-pandemic era. Artists too are reframing their practices in light of recent experiences and reconsidering their relationships to place, identity, history, and community.