In the project, I combine the medium of photography and sculptures to create both photographic and sculptural assemblage. I use fleshy Sculpey clay to build up altered and fragmented bodies as my subjects, aiming to create a dialogue between the ambiguous nature of the objects and the space depicted in photographs- photography is the pictorial representation of mental states.
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In the project, I combine the medium of photography and sculptures to create both photographic and sculptural assemblage. I use fleshy Sculpey clay to build up altered and fragmented bodies as my subjects, aiming to create a dialogue between the ambiguous nature of the objects and the space depicted in photographs- photography is the pictorial representation of mental states.
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A cactus
in the Chimney
Project Description
Press
IMPULSE Magazine | Dec 10. 2025
“Rubber, Rubber”: A Surrealist Fever Dream
written by Yasmeen Abdallah
DEAR DAVE | Nov 10, 2025
Yi Hsuan Lai: "Rubber, Rubber" at SoMad, New York written by Travis Diehl
ArtSpiel | Nov, 26, 2025
Yi Hsuan Lai: The Ontology of the Body at SoMad
written by Chunbum Park
WHITEHOT Magazine | Nov, 26, 2025
Exhibition Review: All the World's a Stage at SoMad
written by Colleen Dalusong
