Untitled 無題
Untitled 無題
Untitled 無題
Untitled 無題

Phillip Lai

Untitled 無題, 2019148.5 x 67 x 21.5cmSign in to view price
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Material
cast polyurethane resin, cast polyurethane rubber, concrete
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features a striking black sculptural piece with a blue circular element at its center. The overall composition is symmetrical, with the black material curving and folding in a visually intriguing manner. The use of simple geometric shapes and the contrast between the dark color and the bright blue circle create a sense of depth and visual interest. The artwork appears to be a minimalist, abstract sculpture that invites the viewer to contemplate the interplay of form, color, and negative space. The artist's intention may have been to explore themes of duality, balance, or the relationship between the physical and the metaphysical. ...

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Phillip Lai
Artist
Phillip Lai
B.1969, British/Malaysian

A large concrete cylinder heavily rests, the hint of soot brimming from the inner edges; a collection of kitchen pans tied loosely together by a coloured string hang against a pile of cloth; a commonplace plastic bowl unexpectedly appears on the wall, grains of rice resting at the base. Phillip Lai approaches objects in a manner that appeals to, and reflects on, their intrinsic existence and properties. Observing that in one’s daily encounters with ‘things’ there is both a physical projection and an assumptive perception, Lai creates scenarios that draw objects away from these two conditions towards a state of autonomy. Through careful, delicate compositions that place the object in plain sight, Lai creates moments that lull you into a line of thinking only to then flip that original thought and allow room for another. Intrinsic to Lai’s practice is the notion of getting to the heart of the object: what it is, how it is created, how it is perceived, what kind of value we’ve been tuned to assign to it. Through a systematic process of observation and identification Lai tends to extract the object from its societal context, a construction rooted on our impulse to categorise in order to understand and use. Consider for example ‘The thing of it’ (2014) composed of tyre strips arranged in an aluminium basin; each item is individually identifiable yet, in their collectively presented mode a form of sculptural abstraction is created, which lends a different classification and awarding of value. In a sense, one may draw a parallel with Jacques Derrida’s notion of ‘deconstruction’, which as described in ‘Of Grammatology’ and subsequently ‘Positions’ defies categorisation and the placement of hierarchy. Rather than distilling to a ‘truth’, Lai’s approach to the object is akin to the process of questioning, untangling our presumptions. ...

Phillip Lai: Artworks
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Phillip Lai
Untitled (inside bell) , 2022
Untitled
Phillip Lai
Untitled, 2018
35.5 x 35.5 x 15.5cm
The thing of it
Phillip Lai
The thing of it, 2014
25 x 35 x 35cm
Untitled 無題
Phillip Lai
Untitled 無題, 2019
148.5 x 67 x 21.5cm
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