*Jungle (Mortal World series),* 2016, ink on canvas, 100 × 80 cm

*Question of Beings — Night (Mortal World series),* triptych, 2015, acrylic and ink on paper, triptych overall 366 × 435 cm

*Question of Beings — Day (Mortal World series),* 2015, ink and gouache on paper,
quadriptych, 366 × 516 cm overall; individual panels 366 × 129 cm

*Jungle Life (Mortal World series),* 2013, acrylic and oil on canvas, 117 × 91 cm

*Mother Nature (Mortal World series),* 2011, acrylic and oil on canvas, 100 × 80 cm

*The Object of Desire (Mortal World series),* 2010, acrylic and oil on canvas, 100 × 120 cm

*Wings of Desire 1 (Mortal World series),* 2010, acrylic and oil on canvas, 100 × 120 cm

*Wings of Desire 2 (Mortal World series),* 2010, acrylic and oil on canvas, 120 × 100 cm

*Blue Monday (Mortal World series),* 2010, acrylic on canvas, 200 × 135 cm

*Revelation 4:7 — Man (Mortal World series),* 2010, acrylic on canvas, 162 × 130 cm

*Baptism in Ghana (Mortal World series),* 2010, acrylic on canvas, 200 × 135 cm

*Where is the Artist? (Mortal World series),* 2010, acrylic on canvas, 162 × 130 cm

*Revelation 4:7 — Lion (Mortal World series),* 2010, acrylic on canvas, 200 × 135 cm

*Jungle Life (Mortal World series),* 1995, acrylic and oil on canvas, 53 × 41 cm

*The Rise of Humanimal (Mortal World series),* 1994, crayon on paper, 38 × 45.5 cm

*Untitled (Mortal World series),* ca. 1982–85, oil on canvas, 53 × 40.5 cm

Mortal World series (1995–present)

Sorrow and happiness are both part of life just as all gatherings are destined for an inevitable end. Hence, I cherish and inscribe on my memory all romantic relationships and acts of kindness occurring in my life. On the other hand, I take negative experiences as inspiration for art. These include the vicious competition and foul play at workplaces, personal emotional struggles, and unfulfilled desires. Through this series, those experiences are reincarnated in various animal portraits, including foxes, horses, cats, and dogs. Each of the depictions represents a footnote and record of the most complicated and capricious pages of my life.
— Yahon Chang