What is your artistic practice about?
The projects that I have been working are about the tension between social expectations and individual identities. Human beings are social animals, inevitably we are under pressure to conform to social norms; at the same time, we have our own identities and values. This is where the tension comes in.
I witnessed people around me became frustrated and depressed by social myths, like the standard of beauty. I have made these social issues the focus of my art. I have no intention to judge but I want to reveal the truth about social norms. The audience is the one to judge and to think about their own identities and positions in the contemporary world.
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