Cover Your Mouth

Creator

Jacob Z. Wan

Description

“Being Chinese and gay, I explore sexuality, relationships, and balance from personal experience through mixed-media book arts. 'Cover Your Mouth' was made with a face mask as the cover and text printed on one long page with stitches. COVID-19 has affected 2020 with tragedies and inconveniences, yet President Trump did not take the pandemic seriously and blamed China for everything. I printed out a speech from President Trump and stitched-out lines with red threads to emphasize the narrative. By altering the text, the speech reveals the truth and facts of the pandemic, instead of blaming others with hatred.” - Jacob Z. Wan

Publisher

Jacob Z. Wan (self-published)

Subject

Racism, politics, government, pandemic

Extent

3.5 x 4 x 0.5 in

Style

Mask with embroidery

Material

Cloth mask, paper

Technique

DIgitally printed text on paper with thread stitches

Date

2020

Other Information

More information about the book can be found here: https://www.artfieldssc.org/galleries/art/2021/cover-your-mouth/217773 More information about the artist can be found here: https://jacobzwan.com/

Recommended Citation

Wan, Jacob Z., "Cover Your Mouth" (2020). Rollins College Book Arts Collection. 29.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/29

Exhibit Location

This work was featured in the Cornell Fine Arts Museum as a part of the exhibition “Common Ground: Selected Works from The Rollins Book Arts Collection” from September 18, 2021 – December 31, 2021.