Indigo Som

he likes you is a set of three folded fortune tellers (also known as “cootie catchers”) inspired by those made by generations of elementary-school girls. This artists’ book takes a painfully humorous look at compulsory heterosexuality through the complex interactions of boys & girls, racial isolation & nerdiness, & a young woman’s disappointments in dating men.

Edition of 100. Letterpress & photocopy. bitchy buddha press, 1996.

You can see a complete pdf &/or buy the book at Women’s Studio Workshop.

Produced with a grant from Women’s Studio Workshop, funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.

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Letterpress, edition of 30. bitchy buddha press, 1996.

Deceptively simple, this book is a pair of paper airplanes letterpress printed with text about the artist’s struggle to comprehend modern aeronautics and long-distance relationships.

A few copies are still available at $100. Inquire here.

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Letterpress, edition of 37. bitchy buddha press, 1995.

Vertical accordion book-in-a-box opening to 80” tall. The list of 170 names is accompanied by a story about the artist’s childhood relationships with other Chinese American girls. The box/book cover has a ribbon loop to facilitate hanging the book for display.

A few copies are still available at $350. Inquire here.

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howards & hoovers is a collection of 180 Chinese American male first names in a paint sample or Pantone fan format, interspersed with written vignettes relating some of the artist’s personal experiences with Chinese American men & their names. 

Names range from the “classic” (Harry, Kenneth, Nelson) to the mundane (Walter, Russell, George) and the truly weird (Zeppelin, Suber, Wildon).

Edition of 9. Letterpress, watercolor & photocopy. bitchy buddha press, 1994.

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