Studio Will Kwan

Endless Prosperity, Eternal Accumulation, 2009
Flame Test, 2009
X-ray Yankee Zulu, 2009
Clocks That Do Not Tell the Time, 2008
A Littoral Reconstruction, 2008
The Quiet Americans, 2007
Shanghai Concession Camo (la longue durée), 2007
Canaries (the bank and the treasury), 2007
The Infinites (de Quincey's Confessions), 2007
The Reservoir, 2007
Displacement (with Chinese Characteristics), 2006
Untitled (shadows), 2006
GPS (chinatowns EU), 2006
Back II Back, 2005
Cuneo (wedge), 2004
Archive 2001-2004 [PDF]

Untitled (shadows), 2006

ink on paper, 24" x 18"

photo credit: E. Bvalkowska

Untitled (shadows) is a series of ink drawings depicting new items involving Chinese individuals, neighborhoods and businesses in Europe. The majority of these stories highlight the Chinese as illegal workers, human traffickers, or counterfeit product manufacturers. The images are reduced to black and white graphics and embedded into the silhouettes of kitsch Chinese lanterns that often adorn the entrances of Chinese restaurants throughout Europe cities.