Adrian Wong's "Carton": Using Eggs to Examine Systems of Optimization and Standardization
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Jeff Hamada
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Adrian Wong, a Vancouver-born artist and recent Tufts graduate, explores systems of optimization and standardization through his series "Carton," using the egg as a metaphor for contemporary notions of perfection. His image-based practice examines visible and invisible infrastructures, drawing on his bicultural background as the child of Cantonese parents raised in Hong Kong.
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