Yixu Liu

I revived a woman in a museum

In the Middle Ages, witches were a product of male-centered ideology, whether it was an ugly witch, a strong old witch, or a bewitching young maiden, these images were full of prejudice against women, and the common ugly and horrible witches embodied the ugliness, demonization, and desirability of women.

Works on the body and power look at magic and the symbols in the work from a symbolic perspective, where their role is no longer metaphorical for a mystical truth, using this intuition as a methodology to critique and reconfigure the world around them.

Women for Sale

This project aims to shed light on the harmful effects of consumerism and the objectification of women in our society. To create this project, I crafted female body parts from clay and applied consumerist-inspired makeup such as foundation and eye shadow. By commodifying and objectifying the female body, I aim to highlight the ways in which women are often treated as objects devoid of emotion and agency. These body parts were then displayed in a food market, attached to butcher hooks and price tags, in order to further emphasize the objectification of women in a commercial context.