Object
Tampan World Mountain, Tree of Life
Tampan World Mountain, Tree of Life
Jennifer Tee based this tulip leaf collage on woven tampan palepai from South Sumatra, Indonesia. These ceremonial ship cloths played a role in important life rituals, such as marriage and funerals. The tulip, a Dutch icon, also relates to Tee's family history and multi-ethnicity. Her Dutch maternal grandfather was a tulip grower; her Java-born Chinese father emigrated to the Netherlands by boat. The ship and souls are in limbo – a state of uncertainty between different worlds. [text 2023]
- Maker
- Jennifer Tee
- Title
- Tampan World Mountain, Tree of Life
- Dating
- 2021
- Object type
- prent
- Object number
- 35626/002
- Collection
- beeldende kunst 1850 - heden
- Technique
- pizografie op papier
- Dimensions
- hoogte 172 cm
- breedte 188 cm
- Acquisition
- aankoop met steun van het Mondriaan Fonds (2021)
- Inscriptions and marks
- :
- Rights
- Collectie Centraal Museum Utrecht / foto Adriaan van Dam
- Jennifer Tee : TAMPAN TULIP : Seasonal work, [concept Jennifer Tee ; texts Natascha Ginwala, Sophie J Williamson], Revolver (Berlin, 2022), [192] p.
- On the Necessity of Gardening: An ABC of Art, Botany and Cultivation, Foreword Erik A. de Jong; Laurie Cluitmans, Arent Boon, Eva Burgering (ed), with contributions by Maria Barnas, Jonny Bruce, Laurie Cluitmans ... [et al.], Valiz (Amsterdam, 2021) Centraal Museum (Utrecht, 2021), 240 p.
