Stop Coming (on the wall) Twice


2025
stop signs mounted on wall
each 22 x 22in

Two ready-made stop signs are mounted upside down in reference to the tradition of hanging the Chinese character for fortune, 福(fú), upside down during Chinese New Year. In Mandarin, the words for ‘inverted’ and ‘to come’ are homophones; creating a symbolic gesture for fortune to come.

The title of the work is a direct, deadpan translation of the objects; emphasizing the structural yet elastic nature of language and semiotics through wordplay.


that is all.
© Mark Wong 2025