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Fan Bangyu

BornNationalityBased In
1991ChineseLondon
Biography

Fan Bangyu moves fluidly among sculpture, installation, sound, assemblage, and kinetic media. Their work unfolds like a non-linear narrative, where visual, auditory, and olfactory elements coalesce to form uncanny sensory environments. Drawing on working-class and queer identities, Fan manipulates found objects and organic materials—like decomposing instruments or decayed textiles—into sculptural puzzles that collapse and intertwine, resisting easy categorization. Their installations often evoke a kind of disordered poetry, opening sensory space that undermines narrative coherence and fixed meaning. Sound plays a central role in their practice: by weaving chaotic auditory textures and kinetic motion into sculptural forms, Fan challenges norms of harmony, unsettling viewers' expectations and inviting alternative interpretations of space and narrative. ...

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