Joan Takayama-Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcake: Pandemic Response Tea, 2020
Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcake: Pandemic Response Tea, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Joan Takayama Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcakes, 2020Clay, glazes, gold, imitation gold leaf, plastic syringe pen; 6″ h x 6″ w x 4 ” d. Photos courtesy of the artist.
Artist Statement:
What began as an innocent ceramic cupcake, serving as a covered container with a syringe pen holder, evolved into commentary on America’s failed democracy during the COVID 19 pandemic. Demonstrated political ineptness, ignorant disregard for science, and longstanding social decay resulted in innocence lost.
