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Junyi Liu’s artworks are deeply rooted in her life experience. Her latest body of work “Killing Me Softy” reveals the complex psychology of people who found themselves in toxic relationships. She painted scenes of young women interacting with sweet foods, sometimes in a puzzling way. Once given the key that sweets are a metaphor for toxic relationships, it is easy for the viewer to comprehend the latent meaning of those interactions. The most obvious similarity of them is the addictive quality. Toxic relationships bring satisfaction and euphoria, while harming the more vulnerable person …