INTERVIEW
The Ordinariness and Extraordinariness of Things

The Herbert Hofmann Prize jury described Cheung's work as “a political statement, exemplary for the issues of today and the relationship to their values.” She conceived this series as her personal reaction to the Brexit vote and to the current state of world politics. The Delayed Reactions brooches are shaped as spring-pin buttons with emoji-like faces or symbols. But they’re not made of pressed metal or plastic, as traditional spring-pin buttons are; they’re impeccably carved out of semiprecious stones and dotted with gold.