Liu Yizhen

Fragments of Light and Shadow
420mm × 297mm
Halftone Screen Printing on Tracing Paper 
2024 
Blend and Detach
420mm × 594mm
CMYK Screen Printing on Canvas
2024
This series is based on early aerial photographs, transformed through digital editing and manual printing techniques. Fragments of Light and Shadow uses monochrome silkscreen printing on tracing paper to create soft light and shadow effects; Blend and Detach employs CMYK overprinting on canvas, with layered colors building a rich sense of space.

The works explore memory, space, and temporal fracture: urban imagery symbolises cultural fragments in migration and change, while the printing processes of colour separation, slight offsets, and overprinting serve as metaphors for the reconstruction of memory. Red tones evoke a warm, intense sense of memory, while blue tones convey a light, flowing passage of time.

This series particularly resonates with the multimedia thematic exhibition — The Ways in Patterns: An Immersive Digital Exhibition from the Palace Museum at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. The artist engages in a profound dialogue with the rhythm of traditional patterns and the flowing essence of the "Ways." Through layers of ancient and modern techniques, the works present a contemporary transformation of cultural memory.



Artist  Statement
Agnes Liu's work focuses on the interplay of "space—memory—perception," exploring the psychological shifts that accompany relocation and environmental changes. Using digital collage, photography, and silkscreen printing as her language, she deconstructs urban textures, transforming them into symbolic visual grids. These grids present the layering of time, the fragmentation and fluidity of memory, simulating an individual's perceptual experience at both cultural and personal levels.

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 y.liu0120234@art.ac.uk