Jingyue Yang (Age 17) - based in MA

I started this piece not really knowing what I was trying to make. I just knew I wanted to capture something I had been feeling but couldn't quite say out loud, that strange experience of looking fine on the outside while something completely different is happening inside. The sculpture ended up being a silver head rising out of a sea of waves, with a flat mirror balanced on top and a tiny flame-colored figure standing on it, arms wide open, mid-run. The waves are chaotic and the face is...

During my visit to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, I noticed that many artworks no longer focus on beauty or storytelling in the traditional way. Instead, the artists used structures, materials, and repetition to reflect how people think, observe and respond to the world around them. From what I observed, and the images attached, these works experimented with different materials such as fabric, objects, and installation instead of paint and flat images. But beyond visual design, they...