These series of photographic works invite viewers to observe and imagine the raw state of everyday objects through frozen miniature scenes of readymade installations. When eggs are embedded into an old headboard bearing skin-like imprints, their mundane functions gradually dissolve, allowing space to become a medium for constructing memory and narrative.

"Me" presents the existence of an individual within the environment, where the egg blends into the headboard in a concealed manner, resting within its texture.

Like two sides of the same coin, the two images reflect the subtle feelings we experience in moments of togetherness and solitude.

Liu Xueyu (born 1993) received her BFA from the School of Experimental Art, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2016 and her MFA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London in 2018.
Her practice centers on the spatial nomadism of daily objects. By stripping away their functional shells, she returns objects to their primal materiality and form, thereby reconfiguring their narrative identity. These objects are then introduced into new spatial contexts, where, through a process of adjustment and adaptation, they find an imagistic mode of dwelling. The entire procedure unfolds like a silent fugue, where diverse materials and memories settle, interact, and ultimately open up a distinctive perceptual path through the daylife for the viewer.

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You and Me