Self-portrait

The artist who used thick red thread to stitch two halves of an apple together, and did the same with her Chinese and Swiss identity cards, has finally decided to take up residence here and now. Which gives rise to two questions: what is here? And what does now mean? Mingjun Luo's life path and oeuvre have both been shaped by her dual identity, and structured – ineluctably but so lucidly – around the concept of cultural hybridity.