Shaped by her own experiences of displacement, Lyn Liu creates a painterly world where symbolism and absurdity intertwine, casting everyday situations through a cinematic lens. Her images often feel like still frames, capturing moments that reveal both the psychological interior of the individual and the surrounding social environment. Within this interplay, she draws attention to the frictions between inner emotion and collective life, as well as the contradictions that unfold within the self.
Liu reflects on the alienation that emerges when someone finds themselves in an unfamiliar context, suggesting how dislocation can become a catalyst for self-redefinition, resistance, or the preservation of individuality. In her practice, the act of looking is mirrored back—subjects confront their objects, and objects echo the subject—establishing a dynamic of imitation, opposition, and reflection. Painting itself becomes part of this dialogue: each work sets a visual language that Liu revisits and reinterprets in subsequent canvases. Through this process, she explores how repetition, variation, and mimicry can generate meaning, while emphasizing painting as a space where identity and perception remain in constant negotiation. ...
