Exhibition Tour — Jarod Lew: Strange You Never Knew with Artist Angela Chen and Curator Jennifer Friess
Join artist Angela Chen and exhibition curator Jennifer Friess for a tour of Jarod Lew’s first solo museum exhibition, “Strange You Never Knew.” Jarod Lew explores the limits and potential of knowing—knowing who you are, knowing your family history, and knowing your place in a community. “Strange You Never Knew” explores how photography can function as a repository of personal and communal histories. By weaving together connections between personal histories and broader social contexts, Lew draws connections between the past and present, examining how identity is shaped by both individual and collective memory, while challenging viewers to reflect on the ongoing impact of racial discrimination and cultural stereotyping.
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
About Angela Chen
Angela Chen is a Taiwanese-American artist, writer, and educator from the ethnoburbs of the San Gabriel Valley, California. Using assemblage as a metaphor for diasporic identity and ecological entanglement, her work explores the immigrant experience, the process of assimilation, and how we develop a relationship to place. Chen is an Assistant Professor of Art at the U-M Penny Stamps School of Art and Design.
SUPPORT
Lead support for this exhibition is provided by Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, the UMMA Director’s Acquisition Committee, and the U-M Office of the Provost, Institute for the Humanities, and Ross School of Business. Additional generous support is provided by U-M History of Art, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, American Culture, and the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program.
