Yihsuan Lai

Thumbnail of Featured Art: Nail Flower, Dye sub print on aluminum mounted on sintra, paint, 16.25 W x 21.625 H” , 2024 ,

Artist Statement: My work merges staged photography, surreal still life, and self-portraiture to explore the interconnectedness of image and object, and of body and psyche, across photographic and sculptural forms. I construct and stage precarious assemblages from found and discarded materials that evoke, surround, or obscure the body. Through photographing, dismantling, and reconstructing these scenes, I create works where material presence and photographic illusion reshape one another. These psychological landscapes address vulnerability, femininity, fragility, and my ongoing negotiation of belonging, adaptation, and displacement.

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