Huile sur toile, 2024
Les tangerines sont apparues dans l’œuvre de Lan comme les vestiges des relations partagées. Les fruits sont souvent mis de côté comme cadeaux d’hospitalité aux invité·es ou comme offrandes aux ancêtres. Leurs écorces ouvertes ressemblent à des fleurs, une ode au temps bien employé. Le bleu de la peinture fait référence au cyanotype, une technique d’impression qui a facilité les premières formes de documentation photographique, particulièrement les reproductions botaniques.
Lan “Florence” Yee is a visual artist and cultural worker based in Tkaronto/Toronto and Tiohtiá:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. Their interdisciplinary practice is disguised in writing and unassuming imagery to permeate the slippery ends of meaning. Their widely ranging media, including textile embroidery, sculptural installation, electronic signage, painting, and photography, are grounded together by unearthing speculative bonds between the historical and personal.
Lan’s work has been exhibited at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, the Textile Museum of Canada (Toronto), Fonderie Darling (Montréal), the Toronto Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Gardiner Museum (Toronto), among others. They co-founded the Institute of Institutional Critique with Mattia Zylak in 2019 and the Chinatown Biennial with Arezu Salamzadeh in 2020. Lan’s work has been acquired by the Royal Bank of Canada Collection, Equitable Bank, Canada Council Art Bank, City of Montréal, and the Varley Art Gallery.