Alex (Yeying) Wen

Lost in the Current

Lost in the Current explores the tension of thrownness (Geworfenheit) rather than mere existence: a state of being cast into pre-existing systems that reveal the fragility, fear, and vulnerability of the individual. Across a range of print media, installation art, and bookmaking, I examine how internal psychological states operate through negotiation, resistance, and formal structure. To me, printmaking, utilized as a meditative and responsive process, transforms personal fear into a generative human instinct.

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Letterpress on kozo paper

Where the Horizon Folds
Etching on kozo paper. 12 x 8 inches

Selected pages from the artist’s book Where the Horizon Folds.

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Linoleum block letterpress on kozo paper
 

Lost in the Current
Handmade paper, styrofoam, wood, shower curtain.