Highbrow Magazine - cermaics https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/cermaics en Japanese Anime Influences Chinese-Born Artist Tina Yu’s Sculptures in New Solo Show https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10738-japanese-anime-influences-chinese-born-artist-tina-yu-s-sculptures-new-solo-show <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 09:06</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1tinayuart.jpg?itok=A6L9G48T"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1tinayuart.jpg?itok=A6L9G48T" width="384" height="480" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p>Downtown Los Angeles’s  Corey Helford Gallery  is currently featuring a solo show from New York-based artist and designer Tina Yu , entitled <em>A Journey</em>,  which premiered July 11 .</p> <p> </p> <p>Yu is a New York-based artist from China with a BFA from the Pratt Institute. After developing an interest in  sculpting in college, she decided to pursue her art and bring her creations to life.  Inspired by her childhood, fashion, film, and nature, Yu creates colorful and detailed sculptures using epoxy clay. Her figurines are sculpted into mysterious creatures that are ornate, lifelike, and personally meaningful.</p> <p> </p> <p>Yu’s newest series, <em>A Journey</em>,  is a fantasy world centered around the artist’s own rumination on childhood and a celebration of growth. She explains, “The world was smaller and brighter when I was younger, and I want to capture that with my art.</p> <p> </p> <p>“In 2016, I graduated from art school and the same year, I made the biggest and scariest but yet, the best decision of my life - to become a freelance artist. For the first time of my life, I felt like I was following my heart and doing something for myself. I think I have found my calling. Gradually, I started developing my own identity in art through sculpting. However, sometimes I feel a little dissociated from my younger self. In the past year, I realized a big part of who I am today has a lot to do with my youth growing up in China.”</p> <p> </p> <p>According to Yu, the characters she created for the show are based on her family, friends, childhood imagination, and things she loved as a child. The animal characters in the show have some correlation with her previous mini solo show, <em>Animal World</em>. Yu created a series of zombie animal characters who died from abuse and then returned as zombies to seek revenge on those who had made them suffer. For this show, the artist has recreated animal characters with new identities.</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2tinayuart.jpg" style="height:600px; width:480px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3tinayuart.jpg" style="height:600px; width:480px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4tinayuart.jpg" style="height:600px; width:480px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5tinayuart.jpg" style="height:600px; width:480px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><strong>COREY HELFORD GALLERY</strong></a></p> <p><strong>571 S. Anderson St. </strong></p> <p><strong>Los Angeles, CA 90033</strong></p> <p><strong>Open Tuesday-Saturday, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.</strong></p> <p><strong>(310) 287-2340</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tina-yu" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tina yu</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/sculptures" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">sculptures</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/corey-helford-gallery" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">corey helford gallery</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/new-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">new artists</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/los-angeles-galleries" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">los angeles galleries</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/anime" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">anime</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/animal-sculptures" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">animal sculptures</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/cermaics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">cermaics</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All photos courtesy of Corey Helford Gallery</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:06:33 +0000 tara 9690 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10738-japanese-anime-influences-chinese-born-artist-tina-yu-s-sculptures-new-solo-show#comments