Yutong Wei

A Brace Beside the Playground (2022)
Acrylic on canvas panel 18” x 24”

A Brace Beside the Playground is an acrylic painting on canvas panel. The childhood experience of wearing the scoliosis brace often pops into the mind, reflecting feelings of constraint, freedom, and the inner and outer world. After many years, the specific memories are fading away. The painful feeling of wearing the brace and the joy of taking out the brace became fuzzy. The things left were probably only some intangible fragments.

A Brace Beside the Playground no longer inquires about the meaning. It is just an empty playground in the afternoon, the shadow of the traditional architecture projecting on the ground, a blue sky, and the brace. It is the most ordinary scene of daily life. Memory and reality weave together. It is intangible but real. Perhaps this kind of ordinary day after day is the majority of our life.

Yutong Wei (she/her)

Yutong Wei was born in Guangzhou, China in 2004 and later moved to Beijing, currently a first-year student at New York University majoring in studio art. Wei likes to explore various mediums of art. Her works often draw from personal experiences and memory, exploring the complex relationship between the individual and society. Her exploration of various mediums allows her to approach her subjects from different angles, resulting in thought-provoking and impactful pieces, encouraging viewers to reflect on themselves.

Artist Statement

Interested in creating a visual connection between people and the world we live in, I use personal experiences to relate and add to the things that I see and hear, showing a unique visual expression. A picture plane is a place for me to show feelings, thinking, and memory, which contain imagination, personal passion, and subconsciousness. I hope to provide a different perspective of viewing the world and find our deepest feelings hidden behind it.