Penghang Liu

My art practice explores human emotions and existence. It examines the missing and lost parts of our life, which have left traces in our memory and drive us to return to them repeatedly, consciously or unconsciously.

By introducing the concept of light, I focus on the visible but immaterial attributes of light, which is equivalent to the nature of the traumas in our memories: we can feel their presence shimmering in the depths of our being, but they can never be touched. My approach to the practice of this concept is to use both two- and three-dimensional works that explore the meaning of light from different levels in the contemporary art context: both physical and metaphysical.

My recent research interests also include Lacanian theory, especially the concept of ‘lack’, which is like a gap, a hole or an empty area in our being, which both confuses people and attracts their gaze.