the last dance, 2023

Mixed-media installation. Plaster, wire, silk slippers, clear fishing line, “Snappers” fireworks, spray paint, acrylic, ink.

This work honors the late victims of the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California on January 21, 2023. Many of the victims were elderly Asian members of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, sharing the joy of dance after an all-day Lunar New Year Festival held on a nearby street.