One Hundred (Would Be) Daughters is a 35.5” x 95.5” scroll made of 18 stone lithographs of a single regenerative matrix that extends both vertically and horizontally. It evolves from a single “pattern block” to be literally larger-than-life, just like how our lives begin through the replication of cells.

The lithographic scroll references both the “One Hundred Sons” motif popular in ancient Chinese art and the use of pattern blocks in ancient Chinese bronze-casting. Commenting on the current gender imbalance in China, it explores the irony of people not wanting daughters yet desperately needing mothers for the next generation.