Yisi Li

BB: Looking back across your exhibitions, have you noticed yourself returning to certain questions and themes?

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BB: Where does planning an exhibition begin for you? Is there a common inspiration?

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John Smith. Photo by Ayo.

BB: In your current exhibition The Pliable Wall, you have staged the exhibition in a former chapel, and the setting feels inseparable from the exhibitions thinking. What interests you about allowing a site to become part of the exhibition's curation?

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Happy, Oil on canvas, 2026, 50 x 50 cm. Test

BB: In The Pliable Wall, you have placed works from different historical moments into conversation, from Pre-Columbian objects to contemporary art. What helps you draw meaningful connections between works from such divergent historical moments?

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John Smith. Photo by Ayo.

BB: Your exhibitions have drawn from ideas which sit beyond the constrains of fine art. What does interdisciplinarity allow you to explore?

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John Smith. Photo by Ayo.

Sad, Chalk, 2024, 52 x 90 cm. John Smith

John Smith. Photo by Ayo.

John Smith. Photo by Ayo.

Moody, Pen, 1995, 70 x 17 cm. John Smith