Moments of Being

Titled after Virginia Woolf's book Moments of Being, the exhibition is a collection of Yuri Yuan's recent works. Her personal memory and space collapse into the occurrence of global pandemic. While the book converges on Woolf's philosophy about the extraordinary sensation one experiences in the state of non-being that occupies one's mundane life, Yuan shares a similar sentiment. The artist oscillates between hyper-awareness of her own presence and the void of not existing in this world. On canvas or panels, these paintings are channels for her to explore the longing and grief of losing a loved one. This sentiment of loss and sorrow allows Yuan to examine not only the fragility of life but also the collective emotion that paintings can elicit.