The ostentatious protocol of pinning flower brooches on VIPS (Orang Besar) or YBs politicians (Yang Berhormat) is taken by Yee I-Lann to raise questions about power, patronage and class (structure).
Shown in her solo called Boogeyman, the Orang Besar series are images printed on batik cloth, simulating the cracked lines from a combination of dye and liquid wax.
I-Lann graduated in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, and later studied painting at Central St Martins School of Arts in London. She was selected to take part in the 3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial in Brisbane in 1999, and the ARCO in 2002. Also trained in cinematography, she works as a production designer for feature films, as well as props buyer for the Hollywood film, Anna and the King and Entrapment.
Her auction record was set when her 2003 work, Huminodun, from the Kinabalu Sereis fetched HK$295,500 (RM117,000) at Christie’s Hong Kong sale in May 2008.