Name: On the Menu
Start: 2025-01-25T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre

Main Gallery:
On the Menu
Snack Witch Joni Cheung, Kev Liang, and Xiao Han
Curator: Emily Nestor
January 25 – March 22 | 2025
Opening Reception: January 25, 2025 | 7PM

Whether a quiet weekday lunch, a late night take out, or a celebratory dinner, Chinese restaurants are embedded in a socio-cultural fabric as a consistent and ongoing space to find nourishment and gathering. It is in the moment of gathering that we find the time to connect, to commune, and to care. On the Menu utilizes personal, familial and communal histories of Chinese restaurants, the people that own and operate them, and the communities that exist within them as a means to challenge the perspective of hierarchical understandings of labour and to celebrate community care. Within backdrops of Chinese restaurants Snack Witch Joni Cheung, Kev Liang, and Xiao Han invite viewers into the repetitive acts of restaurant kitchens, the intimate moments shared between families, and intergenerational memories that weave together a community spirit as a means to explore the connecting lines of displacement, gathering, migration, and community.

This exhibition was funded by the generous support of Canada Council for the Arts, SK Arts, City of Regina, and SaskTel.
Image: Just add oil; I feel cold. (Process Work), Kev Liang, Polyethylene tarp, 3D printing, Dimensions: 8x6ft (full tarp), 2022
Please visit Neutral Ground's website for more information about this exhibition and participating artists.