Pixy Yijun Liao “Let’s Make Love”
Baxter Street/ the Camera Club of NY
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“Let’s Make Love,” a solo exhibition by 2013 CCNY Darkroom Resident Pixy Yijun Liao, mixes two recent bodies of work –”Experimental Relationship” and “For Your Eyes Only” – and offers a playful but challenging look at intimacy and gender roles. This exhibition marks the second of four solo exhibitions from the recipients of the 2013 CCNY Darkroom Residency Program.
Pixy Yijun Liao says about the two projects that make up “Let’s Make Love:”
As a woman brought up in China, I used to think I could only love someone who is older and more mature than me, who can be my protector and mentor. Then I met my current boyfriend, Moro, who is 5 years younger than me, I felt that whole concept of relationships changed, all the way around. I became the person who has more authority & power. One of my male friends even questioned how I could choose a boyfriend the way a man would choose a girlfriend. And I thought, “Damn right. That’s exactly what I’m doing, & why not!”
I started to experiment with this relationship. I would set up all kinds of situations for Moro and I to perform in the photos. By exploring the alternative possibilities of man and woman relationship, these photos question what is the norm of a heterosexual relationships, what will happen if man & woman exchange their roles of sex & roles of power. And partly because my boyfriend is Japanese, and I am Chinese, this project also describes a love and hate relationship.
“For Your Eyes Only” is a visual love letter to an intimate lover. I am interested in the mundane life, in finding things and making fun of it, liberating it from what it is. This project is a combination of daily life and performance with a naughty attitude.
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Schedule
from December 05, 2013 to December 24, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-12-05 from 18:00 to 20:00