Katerina Em
@kkat_em
Katerina Em is a multidisciplinary Australian artist of Cambodian descent, living and working on Dharug land in Western Sydney. Her practice spans a variety of media, from paint and installation to traditional Khmer art. Her current work investigates the production, distribution, and consumer aspects of the skin-lightening industry in Cambodia. The installation incorporates ready-made and assisted ready-made to create an immersive, light-hearted critique of beauty politics and the billion-dollar skin-bleaching industry. Em combines analytical and research-based investigation with satire (often drawing from her own experiences) to create a response that best reflects the complex dynamic of the skin-whitening industry in Cambodia, a country that is both the victim and perpetrator of the insidious glorification of “whiteness”.
View the work: Building 24 Level 2, Ground Floor Gallery
