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Circus Series: Ode To Tesla
Cynthia E. Tom Ms
THis painting explores the unimpowered, as a group, women, as an individual, Tesla. All deserve the power of acknowledgement.
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Discards & Humanity
Cynthia E. Tom Ms
Discards & Variances is a large scale mixed media installation, March 5, 2011- June 15, 2011 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Cynthia Tom displays little pillows of "A Chinese Slave Girl" photos and those of her mother, grandmother and father, all of whom were victims of human trafficking in the 20's and 30's. She mixes these sad objects with the Spirit Boats of Jennifer Ewing and the paintings of Cris Matos to bring a hopeful wish for the spirits of women and children, past and present who have been victims of trafficking.
Cynthia's social justice art work gives a voice to women and children whose lives were not their own. Creates conversations where there have been none and directs attention to the current issues today.
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Research Series III: Anthropologic Dig
Cynthia E. Tom Ms
Acrylic on canvas, 48" x 30", each piece of rice is made of paint, highlights and shadow.
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San Francisco Arts Commission's Art in Storefronts Artist-Cynthia Tom, Title: Chinatown Memory Shop, Size 10' x 8' x 18', Medium: mixed media, electronics, Year 2010, Photo: Jennifer Watson
Cynthia E. Tom Ms
This installation is based on the fact that Chinese Americans born and raised in Chinatown don't talk about their lives, rarely share anything with their children or peers. I used Facebook's We Grew Up in Chinatown to engage strangers with stories of their childhoods.
