Pixy Liao's Experimental Relationship | November 19, 2020

Our current exhibition, On the Inside - Portraiture Through Photography features five photographers whose work takes them deep inside the circles and communities they are chronicling. Works by Lisa Crafts, Laura Heyman, Pixy Liao, Sven Marquardt and Marie Tomanova investigate, respectively, the realm of environmental and climate change activists, the Grand Rue neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the intimate relationship between the photographer and her boyfriend, the world of Berlin nightlife, and the vibrant youth culture of New York City. Since 2007, Chinese-born photographer Pixy Liao has been documenting her unique relationship with her Japanese boyfriend and creative partner, Moro. Her series, Experimental Relationship is a collection of intimate self-portraits that reveal as much about the power dynamics between the couple as it does about the differences between them. At once humorous, poignant and provocative, the images offer an exploration of heterosexual and cultural norms through staged, private moments shared publicly — clues to deeper implications behind their collaborative partnership.