Yuan Rong Zhang

Crossroads

Canadian born in Shanghai, currently based in Luxembourg.

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Through observation, research, and (in)voluntary interaction, I look into the state of liminality, the undefined and the invisible, seeking to reconstruct a reality of layered narrative in the middle of transformation where opposing qualities may coincide and feel both natural and disquiet. I translate concepts into imagery through a line-backed visual language, inspired by the spirit of cave painting and Chinese calligraphy. In my work, lines are both the contour and the object, can be visible or buried, suggest a sense of space or flatten it, bringing the work the freedom to reside anywhere between abstract and figurative..