MAYHEM

YuYu’s latest artwork, Mayhem (2025), revives the artist’s digital collage practice, merging re-composed, appropriated classical paintings and self-portraiture. Drawing from two 19th-century works—The Birth of Venus (1888) and Ahasuerus at the End of the World (1888) by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl—Mayhem unfolds as a turbulent composition rich with layered meanings and interpretations.

At its centre, the artist’s nude body replaces the Roman goddess Venus, reclining on the sea’s surface. Subtly, yet piercingly, the figure gazes directly at the viewer, seemingly unbothered by the surrounding chaos. It lingers quietly as a reminder that even amidst mayhem, purity and innocence will always rise above.