YA WEN







Belly Button

Package Paper/ Tapes/ Vellum/ Sandpaper 
Photo/ Mirror/ Red Sticker/ Monotype Dry Print.  2022





As both an artist and photographer, nothing fascinates me more than the intersection and collision of reality and illusion.  The authenticity of the photograph is certainly like a decoding that helps the viewer to interpret the whole work and make connections. The presence of monotypes is more like a poetic language to portray my connection and involvement with society. I try to use a combination of abstraction and real life fragments (photographs) to present my existence and feelings as an individual identity. There is no figurative narrative, but rather an attempt to use the overall expression of space and environment to express the story.

The combination of collaged fragments and pieces is like "I" without concrete expression or shape. There is no doubt that my shape is determined by the shape of my body. The existence of flesh and skin, in the cultural environment of the society, my identity is constantly being confirmed and re-confirmed; however, I want to break this boundary and certainty from the flesh with abstract collages of photographs, shapes and paintings. My world or my view of the world is blurred, fragmented and uncertain.