RACHEL HSU

SWEET NOTHINGS (FEAST YOUR EYES)
2023
Sugar
81 x 30 x ¾ in.

SWEET NOTHINGS (FEAST YOUR EYES) examines the complex relationship between sight, consumption, and language. As viewers’ eyes strain to discern the repeating white text of her reimagined eye chart against the white wall of the gallery, the act of looking becomes visceral. Through this exertion, the idiom “feast your eyes” gradually breaks, and a common expression of pleasure dissolves into something more sinister. The text, cast in white sugar, calls to question the notion of visibility as an inherent good or goal, and the ways in which marginalized people are expected to perform consumable identities.