In Transit 2011
Espace Louis Vuitton, Taipei. 2011
Mixed media watercolor drawings on Japanese Kozo paper in lightboxes
For a commissioned show with Louis Vuitton—defined by dos and don’ts—I worked with transparent Kozo paper, layering painted narratives into a translucent skin. After my initial composition was rejected, I created another layer to veil the “forbidden” imagery, allowing the project to be approved. Yet, when backlit, the disguised drawings beneath surfaced—an act of quiet defiance against corporate censorship.
The transparency revealed multiple memories—blooming flowers masking a bleeding fetus on a shopping cart, rootless trees clutching impossible burdens. These images became psychic landscapes of childhood and loss, holding the weight of life’s antitheses: beauty and morbidity, fragility and survival.
