Bubble Dream
The diptych Bubble Dream (2004) can be seen as purely abstract or, as the title suggests, a floating arrangement of whimsical objects. Bubbles evoke the ephemeral due to their short-lived nature. In this way, they reinstate the notion of a ‘dream’ as an imagined or fleeting alternative reality. Painting is the core of Choi Yan Chi’s work, as the medium that she first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. This diptych therefore constitutes a subtle expression of the immense emotions explored by Yan Chi in her oeuvre – including Drowned Books – in relation to her ongoing artistic exploration of ‘Chinese-ness’.
