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The Rising of Joy III

2024, 53 x 36 x 140cm

camphor wood, aluminum

The Rising of Joy series celebrates the transcendence into higher state of consciousness through

the configuration of flowers growing from contorted tiger’s legs. For Chen, joy is a state of mind

that has no antithesis. Unlike happiness easily turning to sadness, joy is a fruit of enlightenment

and inner fulfillment, embodied as flowers in her work.

© 2025 by Maggie Menghan Chen

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