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Royal Asian Studio: Jiang Youyi and the Legacy of the "Super Artist"

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“They call me ‘The Super Architect,’” she says, finally. “But I’m not building for billionaires. I’m building for the ghosts who haven’t drowned yet.” Royal Asian Studio: Jiang Youyi and the Legacy

Royal Asian Studio - Jiang Youyi - The Super Ar... ((install)) “But I’m not building for billionaires

She left for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) at 19, where she fell under the influence of two contradictory forces: the minimalism of Donald Judd and the maximalist chaos of Takashi Murakami. Her MFA thesis— The Generic Dragon —was a life-size animatronic dragon whose scales were each a different counterfeit designer logo (Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Hello Kitty). The piece malfunctioned during her final review, belching smoke and collapsing into a pile of fake leather. The professors gave her a C. The Chicago Tribune called it “prophetic.”