Lige Qiao
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)
我，父亲，白桦林: 'Why are we still sitting here when it's winter outside', 2022, 183*275cm, Oil and acrylic on MDF boards, metal hinges.
This work is dedicated to the younger self of the artist to validate their struggles with patriarchal authority and the incompetence of father figure. Merging childhood memories with the white birches through the train’s window, the artist’s early lived experience is animated by contemplating on the 14 hours journey they took to visit their father who worked away from home, in which an obscure correlation between the birch trees and their father was developed.
Image Courtesy – The Artist
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