SLIDE INTO MEMORY II

Oil on canvas, 150 × 100 cm, 2026

Artwork Statement

Yu‘s painting practice investigates liminal spaces(thresholds between memory and reality, physical and digital, past and present). These spaces evoke nostalgia, displacement, and the uncanny, a feeling deeply resonant in the Hong Kong context, where urban redevelopment and cultural shifts continually reshape collective memory.

Artist Bio

Kenneth Yu is a Hong Kong-born artist based in Melbourne. His practice explores liminal spaces, nostalgia, urban isolation, and the uncanny atmosphere of transitional environments. Through painting, Yu depicts empty cinemas, playgrounds, alleyways, and abandoned commercial spaces, using vivid colour and deep shadow to evoke memory, displacement, and emotional tension. His work reflects on how familiar places become strange when emptied of people, carrying traces of personal history and decay.