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.
Joan Takayama-Ogawa, Hope for a Cure Cupcake: Pandemic Response Tea, 2020
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.
