Carved with a chainsaw and chisel from a compiled block of wood, Anne Chu�s Woman With Pigtails sits uneasily between contemporary caricature and ancient totem. Bearing all the scabrous marks of her making, Woman With Pigtails alludes to a contradictory primitivism, her crude rendering contributing to a sense of precious fragility. Staining the surface with oil paint and dye, Chu alludes to a ritualistic spiritualism, absorbed with dark tones both decorative and mysterious.