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Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Chen Yanyun
biography of a charcoal maestro chen yanyun, a singaporean artist born in 1986, has been making waves in the art world with her captivating charcoal drawings, thought-provoking animations, and immersive installations. her works are a poignant reflection of intergenerational family stories, cultural wounds, and the tenuous relationships between traditions and scars that live in language. artistic journey chen yanyun's artistic practice
is characterized by its interdisciplinary approach, delving into the aesthetic, cultural, and technological inheritances on one’s body. her works are grounded in the physicality of human and botanical forms, often featuring charcoal drawings full of botanical forms and human bodies. a loyalist to the medium, she has trained at the florence academy of art in sweden, which has significantly influenced her artistic style. notable achieve…