This publication accompanies the exhibitions Do Weeds Still Grow in Heaven? at Gallery 101, Ottawa and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin, Lethbridge. The bilingual booklet (English and French) features an essay written by Casey Mecija alongside images of the exhibitions.

Curator Adam Whitford writes: “Text is often a starting point for the works as Lan allows text to ferment and unfurl into individual works that utilize photography, painting, textiles, and installation. Throughout the exhibition, Lan links the sprouting of weeds to the often unacknowledged abuse within queer relationships but also for those who persist in spite of existing in the cracks. Within the exhibition, architectural structures of walls, glass brick, and room dividers are impediments to sight and movement that mirror one’s complex navigation of the private interiors of self-hood, relationships, and queer presence.”

Design by Emi Takahashi and Michelle Kuan.

Documentation image #1 by Kort Woycheshin