Catalogue of Fluid World in MSAC,Taipei, Taiwan.
MSAC presents the major solo exhibition Fluid World by international artist Yee I-Lann, in partnership with Malaysian gallery Valentine Willie Fine Art in Kuala Lumpur.
Yee I-Lann has spoken of her work as a means of probing and interpreting her myriad fields of interest, with threads of inquiry ranging from the impact of political structures, collective and individual experience; the cultural nexus of the Southeast Asian archipelago’s seas; as well as Malaysia’s communal memory. In Fluid World Yee I-Lann specifically explores the interwoven concerns around notions of historical trade, social hierarchy, piracy and resistance through her new works in photomedia and photo-mediated batik from The Orang Besar Series, which was first shown in 2010 along with earlier work that explores her lament for shifting and changing landscapes as well as reflections on Malaysia’s national consciousness.