

Famous, but Ugly
2024
Art giclée on acrylic panel
110 x 55 x 10 cm
This work moves beyond specific images or symbols to explore the logic of how information is produced today. Social media algorithms, news cycles, and viral memes all operate as feedback systems that continuously shape what we see and believe. In this loop, we consume and internalize machine-filtered and machine-generated information, gradually redefining our sense of reality.
The AI-generated portraits in this work reflect the “ghost in the machine” of our time — a reminder that what we perceive as reality may only be the echo of an endless system of digital illusions.

Installation view of the group exhibition of new media artists, Rong Art Center, Shanghai, 2024. Photo by Li Qiying.