"My art strives to portray the strength, beauty and endurance of the human soul and to hold up a mirror to the viewer. This body of work, 'Comfort Women of WWII', is about the women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied territories before and during WWII. Most survivors were shamed into silence, treated as war collaborators, never allowed to tell their stories, and never given atonement. As a female Chinese artist, these stories are deeply personal to me. I am using my work to bring to light the plight of the few known surviving comfort women so that they will no longer need to hide their stories and be ashamed or silent anymore. I hope my work will help empower other women around the world to talk about women's dignity, human rights, and the sexual violence so prevalent in today's world."
Faces of the comfort women, blood-stained bedclothes, men's trousers on the ground outside the door of the comfort station:
RSS Feed