Yuk King Tan

Yuk King Tan is an artist who works in a variety of media, but she pioneered her creepy plastic masks dripping with silky tassels right at the very beginning of her career – in fact, while she was still at art school. Getting in touch with her Chinese heritage was important for the young artist, and red, as the most revered colour in China, was a trademark of her work. Tan painstakingly wrapped ordinary objects in red tassels, or dipped them in red wax, transforming mundane things like scissors, combs and cuddly toys into strange ritualistic offerings.