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A group of artists, who have had experiences in both China and Australia, put their works on display at an exhibition in Hong Kong on May 13, 2008, with some reflecting upon their experiences of the cross-cultural interaction.
Lindy Lee, an Australian-born Chinese artist, put together a group of family photos to show the impact of changes in both China and Australia on her cultural identity. With the photos in sanguine colors of red, blue and orange, Lee said she was trying to bring about the essences of her cross-cultural experience in the artistic form.
"When I first came back to China, I found that all the women in China had something similar to my mother. They all shared something. It was beautiful," the artist said.
The Australia-China exhibition, named Process-Journey, brings together the works of Tony Scott, Guan Wei, Jayne Dyer, Li Gang, Laurens Tan, Rose Farrell and George Parkin. It will run for 10 days through May 22.
Supported by the Australian government and the Australian Consulate in Hong Kong, among others, the exhibition was also a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between China and Australia, which is one of the first Western countries to establish diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China.
Tony Scott, who co-organized the exhibition, said all the artists have had experiences of or connections with both Australia and China.
Australia Consul-General Les Luck said the exhibition was a sign of the deep and diversified relationship between the two countries.
"Artists can play an indispensable role as intermediaries, using very personal means to make clear wider cultural, political and aesthetic matters of interest to both Australians and Chinese," he said on inaugurating the exhibition in Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Artist Jayne Dyer said she has been living in Beijing recently and found the Chinese capital stimulating.
Laurens Tan said he had been living in both Sydney and Beijing, where the artist community is one of the biggest in the world, thereby, enabling conversations between different cultures.
Li Gang, a Chinese artist, put on a series of bronze waste shoes spanning about a decade, which he said were a sign of how the shoes had changed over the years in China. |
