Shen Jiawei: Behind the Canvas
“My oil painting Standing Guard for Our Great Motherland was created in 1974. Its extraordinary fate turned it into a cultural artifact that encapsulated the narrative of the Cultural Revolution.”
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Lindy Lee: The Market Gardener and the Restaurateur
His gaze meets ours, deep and clear and steady. In his face I see sadness, resignation, determination. Resilience. Tiy Sing, a Kogerah market gardener who prospered enough to buy his own truck, is hoping to make a trip home to China and, with this document, be allowed re-entry to Australia on his return…
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Shen Shaomin: I stand a little higher than Socrates
Shen Shaomin: I stand a little higher than Socrates” is a recent interview piece published on The Beacon (September 2022).
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Shen Jiawei on SMH: From Mao to Now by John McDonald
John McDonald’s essay, “Shen Jiawei: From Mao to Now” was published in the Sydney Morning Herald (November 2010).
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No Point in Time Curatorial Statement
No Point in Time. A point in time combines the concept of place (point) and time. Literally, ‘point in time’ means precisely at this moment. No point in time is its opposite. It negates fixity and permanence in both space and time.
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Hong Fu, Highly Commended Winner of Darling Portrait Prize 2022
Congratulations Hong Fu for winning the Highly Commended of the 2022 Darling Portrait Prize among 39 finalists selected from a field of hundreds. Hong Fu’s Portrait of Alex Miller is on view at the National Portrait Gallery for the National Portrait Prizes exhibition.
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Still, Life Opened by Prof. Mabel Lee
The Chinese title of Fu Hong’s exhibition means something like “flourishing in the sun,” but Dr Zuo Yeqin has playfully given it the English title: “Still, Life.” The comma separating the words “Still” and “Life” emphasizes that life continues, i.e., there is growth and revitalization as we emerge from the Covid lockdowns.
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