Symbiotic Perspectives

2023

My experience of Chinese art, culture and history during an art residency in China - Silk Road Artists' Rendezvous - China Tour for European Artists, provided me with inspiration to create artworks at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. I was allocated a studio space, where I created two oil paintings, 120cm x 90cm each canvas. One I titled ‘Beijing’ and the other I titled ‘Chongqing’. I created conceptualised environments, reactions to the places I had visited. I wanted to construct environments of my own experiences in China. I intended to make memory maps with a juxtaposition of places that were meaningful to me and that brought back personal memories.

The culmination of our efforts was an exhibition at the Sichuan Fine Art Museum, Chongqing.

Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape  painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Chongqing, China

Chongqing - 2023 - Oil on Canvas - 120cm  x 90cm

Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Chongqing, China

Chongqing - detail

Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Chongqing, China

Chongqing - detail 

Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Chongqing, China

Chongqing - detail 

Oil in canvas,  contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China

Beijing  - 2023 - Oil on Canvas - 120cm x 90cm

Oil in canvas,  contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting,  conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China

Beijing - detail

Oil in canvas,  contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China

Beijing - detail

Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China

Beijing - detail

Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China, Work in situ, work with artist, artist

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