Ouroboros
(Surviving with my death)
2024, Burnt silicone casts, stainless steel fittings, plastic, dimension variables
TSUI Ka Yee (Karie)
(Surviving with my death)
2024, Burnt silicone casts, stainless steel fittings, plastic, dimension variables
TSUI Ka Yee (Karie)
About the Artwork:
For this work the artist Karie Tsui Ka Yee cast parts of her body and reassembled the pieces in to disjointed circle with medical like steel supports. The scarred traces on the skin evoke both the remnants of a ritual sacrifice but also a careful process of reassembling and healing.
The title refers to the ancient symbol of the ouroboros, a snake devouring its own tail, has been passed down through the ages as an emblem of growth, death and regeneration. The ever-regenerating flesh and blood become an endless source of sustenance.
For this work the artist Karie Tsui Ka Yee cast parts of her body and reassembled the pieces in to disjointed circle with medical like steel supports. The scarred traces on the skin evoke both the remnants of a ritual sacrifice but also a careful process of reassembling and healing.
The title refers to the ancient symbol of the ouroboros, a snake devouring its own tail, has been passed down through the ages as an emblem of growth, death and regeneration. The ever-regenerating flesh and blood become an endless source of sustenance.
TSUI Ka Yee (Karie)
Karie Tsui Ka Yee obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her practice is focused on sculpture and installation, and she employs both a diverse range of casting and molding techniques and materials as a means of embodying her ideas and experiences. Her work explores the various cultural relationships held by humans to the natural world and the world of the divine, and questions the ways in which modern humanity perceives and interacts with these realms.
Karie Tsui Ka Yee obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her practice is focused on sculpture and installation, and she employs both a diverse range of casting and molding techniques and materials as a means of embodying her ideas and experiences. Her work explores the various cultural relationships held by humans to the natural world and the world of the divine, and questions the ways in which modern humanity perceives and interacts with these realms.
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