MENG-YU YAN ‘Passage of Night; Luminary Rising’ at Chatswood Concourse

December 6, 2023

Meng-Yu Yan will be featured in the group show ‘Passage of Night; Luminary Rising’ as part of the 2024 Chatswood Year of the Dragon Festival from 01.02. – 25.02.24. Co-curated by Cassandra Hard Lawrie and Rachael Kiang, the exhibition examines diverse historical, cultural and religious relationships to the moon, extending the Lunar New Year celebration to other cultures as “its mutable and transformational nature has made the moon a unifying force that brings communities together.”

Meng-Yu Yan 颜梦钰  is a photomedia artist based in Sydney, best known for their creation of mystical dreamscapes and haunting self-portraits. Expanding upon their photographic background, their work encompasses a variety of mediums including video, installation, aquaria, performance, sculpture, and projection. Yan seeks to challenge the idea of the photograph existing only in two-dimensions, breaking down boundaries between image and reality. The work is characterised by an obsession with mirrors and the superstitions that surround them. As a result, Yan’s work is animated by reflections, doppelgangers, and parallel realities.

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Image caption: Meng-Yu Yan, ‘Faces of the Moon (Full Moon)’, 2023, digital photograph