Event Title:

YIN YANG: CHINA IN AUSTRALIA

Event Web Address:

http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/events/yinyang/default.asp

 

Opening Date:	8/8/2008	Opening Time:	11:00 am
Closing Date:	28/9/2008	Closing Time:	05:00 pm

Venue:

S. H. Ervin Gallery

Address:

Observatory Hill/ Watsons Road

Millers Point NSW 2000 Australia

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Phone(s):

(02) 9258 0173

Facsimile:

Email:

lhaynes@nsw.nationaltrust.org.au

Web Address:

http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/

Event Category:

Exhibition

ArtsSub Category:

cross-cultural China painting paper objects

General Information:

Yin-Yang: China in Australia is an exhibition examining the cross-cultural interaction between China and Australia. Presented by the National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery and curated by Dr Zeny Edwards with the assistance of Joanna Capon, the exhibition explores the important contribution of the Chinese people in the shaping of Australia, particularly in the arts. It is a timely examination of the engagement between the two cultures and coincides with the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Yin-Yang: China in Australia demonstrates where the influences of Chinese culture have played in the history of Australians, in their everyday life and aesthetically in art. The exhibition features works by renowned artists Ian Fairweather, Margaret Preston, Mortimer Menpes & William Hardy Wilson.

The work of contemporary artists from both Chinese and Australian backgrounds will also demonstrate the development of the creative discourse between these two countries up to the present. Works by contemporary Tim Johnson, Jiawei Shen, William Yang, Lindy Lee, and Narelle Jubelin will be presented. By incorporating Chinese artefacts, calligraphic characters, architectural detail, stylistic themes and symbols in their work, Australian artists have demonstrated how the aesthetic influences of Chinese culture had become part of the Australian artistic idiom, and by osmosis, had become absorbed into the universal language of art

Paintings, works on paper and the many objects on display have been loaned from the important public collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales, Australian National Maritime Museum, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and private collections.

Yin-Yang: China in Australia will host a program of cultural events and Public Program of Guest Talks throughout the exhibition.

A catalogue will also be available to purchase through the gallery bookshop.

Yin Yang is a widely recognised symbol derived from Chinese culture and embodies the push and pull of the forces, which, when balance is achieved, results in the equilibrium of the universe.

Contact Person:

Eleanor Venables

Contact Email Address:

evenables@nsw.nationaltrust.org.au

Latest Update:

26/7/2008