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Through a methodology of appropriation Min's practice recontextualises esoteric material culture.
About Min Wong (she/her)
Driven by the counter-cultural fervour of the 1960s and ’70s, New-age spiritual movements and the contemporary version of Woo-woo, Wellness serves as substitute dogma to religion and mainstream culture. This 'hippie' self-care commoditised and widely disseminated is recognisable by a mix of signifiers, an assemblage of mistranslated references from ‘Eastern’ cultures, pseudo-scientific belief structures, and self-obsessed fitness culture. And, while self-care has gained traction as a practice aimed to support alternative life practices, it has also been usurped by social media influences, cultish fitness leaders and global sport campaigns for neoliberalism gains.
Through a methodology of appropriation Min's practice recontextualises esoteric material culture to reveal histories and emergent systems of ethical care. Min examines self-care culture and relational modes within collectivism and the natural world as a field of inquiry into alternative paradigms for speculative futures.
Biography
Min’s practice explores utopias and esoteric practices to reimagine a renewal of connection between nature, community and spirituality in coexistence. By looking back to past and present spiritual movements, Min’s installations investigate illusory hopes, desire, failure and seeks to remodel speculative worlds as possible futures within the contemporary dystopic.
Min has held numerous exhibitions in NSW and nationally. In 2023, Min was a Samstag Scholarship recipient and selected as one of the artists for the visual Arts Fellowship (emerging) 2023/24. She was a participating artist in the 2022 Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia. In 2022, Min exhibited with American artist Shana Moulton at Cement Fondue for the local and international artist pairing, Soul Seeker. Min has participated in residencies in LA, Spain and China and has a Masters of Fine Arts from University of New South Wales, Art and Design and was a recent recipient of the Carriageworks Clothing Store studios from 2021-2023.
Recent works
“Recontextualising material culture from divergent spiritual belief-systems and histories, Min reconsiders self-care culture.”