Yikai Bai

Agape 圣爱, Acrylic spray paint on paper, canvas and woodboard, 2023

Trauma is an encounter with the real, and there is no good or bad encounter with the real. Some of the bad things we encounter are traumatic, and when we encounter some unexpected good fortune, it is also traumatic. This series of paintings draws on my Lacanian psychoanalysis of my mother to deconstruct her upbringing and unearth the formation and development of her trauma and traumatic events, and narrate how these issues evolved into family relationships and my education. . My mother’s growth experience and my childhood memories, the two timelines are wonderfully intertwined and deconstructed of trauma and love, explaining the meaning behind many life choices, about my family of origin, marriage and even my birth!

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