Qianyu Fu

 

Qianyu Fu is a multidisciplinary artist who started practicing in China and continued as she moved to Chicago. She uses installation, photography, and film to explore themes about the definition of home, identity, and the perception of truth in social-political contexts. In the attempt to grasp how living in different cultural contexts affects her awareness of truth, Qianyu’s current work engages with construction materials and found objects by assembling objects with replicas to question the precarity of contemporary human existence.

 
 
 
A tall blue vase with flower patterning and half a coconut shell on top of it. A stick with a green-yellow pompom sticks up from the vase. A glass sheet is to the right of the vase.

Go Fishing. 2024. mixed media. Photo by Bob.

 
A new view of the same vase as the one above. A long, horizontal rod extends from the top of the vase and there is a feather on the end of it. A second rod is perpendicular to the first and the green-yellow pompom is on top of it.

Go Fishing. 2024. mixed media. Photo by Bob.

 
A close up shot of the same blue vase as in the previous two photographs.

Go Fishing. 2024. mixed media. Photo by Bob.

 
A gold sheet is laid on the floor. A small black rod is held above the sheet by a string attached to a curved, green rod. A beige cylinder holds the green rod up.

Go Fishing. 2024. mixed media. Photo by Bob.

 
A close up of the same structure as in the photograph above. Only the gold sheet and small black rod are visible.

Go Fishing. 2024. mixed media. Photo by Bob.

 
A white marble like rectangular surface placed vertically. Clear marbles are placed along the right side of the structure.

Go Fishing. 2024. mixed media. Photo by Bob.

 

Walking on the Street, 2021. Interactive video, dimensions variable.