Chinese artist creates aluminium wonder installations for Bangkok mall

Bangkok's Gaysorn mall has gotten livelier with art, beginning with the exhibition "Jordy's Multidiscipline Showcase", which continues right through July. China's Yu Jordy Fu combines architecture, fashion and art to demonstrate that creativity is truly boundless.

Jordy has adapted Chinese paper-cutting techniques to stainless steel and aluminium, coated the metal in white powder to create clod like structures. He has further deployed LED lights and natural illumination from the skylights to create shadows.

"I've seen Jordy's works in several countries and really admire her talent," says Korakot Srivikorn, Gaysorn's executive director. "For this show we wanted her to create pieces that would fit in harmoniously with the mall."

Shoppers are immediately dazzled on entering by the sight of an enormous butterfly crafted out of coated aluminium. Further along there's "Cloud", a complex, 250-metre-long and 18-meter-tall vertical installation made up of layers of luxury lifestyle products arrayed in a unique way.

"It is like a cloud!" says Korakot Srivikorn. "A cloud takes recognisable different forms depending on your imagination. I sketched out the sculptural form using a 3D computer program and cut the aluminium with a laser. I also used sewing techniques and inserted the details of jewellery into each layer to represent the urban lifestyle."