Kalsy Jialin Gu

 

My work explores the relationships between people, objects, and the emotional connections that exist between them. Through these materials, I investigate themes of memory, presence, absence, and the ways everyday objects become extensions of personal experience.

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Using processes such as casting and fabrication, I transform familiar forms into sculptures that exist between the recognisable and the abstract. Rather than illustrating specific narratives, my work invites viewers to reflect on their own experiences, considering how objects carry traces of human interaction and how relationships continue to shape our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

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My practice engages with the dialogue between material and meaning, using the contrasting qualities of glass and metal to explore ideas of fragility and permanence, intimacy and distance, and the connections that bind people to one another and to the objects they keep.