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The Sinopticon exhibition reflects on and investigates an idea of contemporary chinoiserie, bringing historical themes, issues, and ideas surrounding chinoiserie into a contemporary context; politics and trade, authorship, interpretation and cultural misunderstanding, fantasy, escapism and fiction, and frippery and design. Bloom is a large 3M reflective cut. It plays off of chinoiserie’s overt penchant to be decorative and fantastical. In this highly detailed and luminous work, actual, as opposed to imaginary images of sea plants and creatures, are incorporated. Its ornamental effect is achieved through the play of repetition and mirroring. At the same time, Bloom’s visual presence and overall tension partly rely on the use of the real and the subtle interference of asymmetrically.