About

Cob is pleased to present Summer Palace - the debut solo exhibition for London based artist YaYa Yajie Liang, curated by Kat Sapera.

At its core, Liang’s ongoing artistic and academic enquiry investigates animality, becoming other and the interconnectivity between organisms in the natural world. To be experienced much like an axis mundi, Liang’s paintings traverse a spiritual realm and a natural world.

Currently completing a PHD in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art, Liang sees The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka as a crucial literary reference to her paintings. In tandem with her profound …