Ying Xue

For me, the stories between parental authority and children, although extremely personal, also enable the experience of a possible universal. What I was looking to achieve in this work is to convey such a sensation, and at a certain moment, reach an attunement with the viewer. A piece is personal and perceptive, but at the same time cannot be closed or self-centred. Instead, it communicates, it allows others to enter and leave at any point.

The intensity of Francis Bacon’s works moves me deeply. His suffering communicates itself. The definition of beauty is a kind of intimacy of the visual. I feel for Bacon even though his emotions are not mine. Such a balance of sharing, blending and interworking with viewers is what I value. The intention is to express, but the expression is not simply venting, but sharing. The starting point of the proposed object is first itself, and then external expansion, the care and sharing between the artist and the viewer will cure them both, and propel them to move fluidly – and in both directions – along the continuum between intimacy and individuality.