Symbiotic Perspectives
2023
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 constructed environments, based on experiences of the places I had visited. 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](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1857,400,1857/0-0-0/83453b5d-5083-4c70-84b0-e9cbc69da553/1/1/Chongqing_web---2023---120x90cm---oil-on-canvas---Adrian-Scicluna.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=f3c9e46f3f196393e0e9eab4546582d3d310455df11461110160435256f37c3b)
![Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Chongqing, China](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,768,1024,400,1024/0-0-0/4d2aca59-1bdb-4c35-8469-913d9bb8ddfb/1/1/Chongqing-_web---flying-pig-detail.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=a5de848d8da19f334d375f9bf2616081caa0680f22babeb1325857c322abe4f5)
![Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Chongqing, China](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,1024,768,400,768/0-0-0/6f4912ad-d4b8-4cdd-a447-51cabd31ea16/1/1/Chongqing_web---baby-bubbha-detail.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=113ac05840437c8716704465a8b3361b1796b03daf84ec68106a1dc4e47f6cda)
![Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Chongqing, China](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,768,876,400,876/0-0-0/7a234d91-be54-4dbe-a94f-113ed3727f86/1/1/Chongqing_web---Green-toy-and-Ballons-detail.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=54ca5b09b8713a3b2bd2e2ee29610ea89cbea244a807e5955f18887d84257fcf)
![Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1881,400,1881/0-0-0/8b114eed-92ae-41e9-b802-440c8ae524f4/1/1/Beijing_web---Adrian-Scicluna---2023---oil-on-canvas---120x90cm.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=894506f807709f80358bcee84f7d29eb972d419218fcf244a8dc058de858510b)
![Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,1024,768,400,768/0-0-0/feae6dc8-aff7-4058-9cc5-b5cfdf6dda69/1/1/Beijing-detail_web---Dragon-and-Rock.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=113ac05840437c8716704465a8b3361b1796b03daf84ec68106a1dc4e47f6cda)
![Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,768,978,400,978/0-0-0/f5932cb2-eb1b-4376-ab74-b91d649cc38e/1/1/Beijing-detail_web---Stork-and-River.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=cb7a73adb1084be1cc2a9f45d8a14080dd5ecb84d4bac73b4f7c5aa61ff40680)
![Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,1024,768,400,768/0-0-0/3cceaabd-ad71-427f-a9cb-b6ba94f59fe0/1/1/Beijing-detail_web---Forbidden-City-detail.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=113ac05840437c8716704465a8b3361b1796b03daf84ec68106a1dc4e47f6cda)
![Oil in canvas, contemporary painting, conceptual landscape painting, conceptual environment painting, narrative, Beijing, China, Work in situ, work with artist, artist](https://format.creatorcdn.com/927715d0-5288-4507-b0a0-b39dd0d50d8a/0/0/0/0,0,856,642,400,642/0-0-0/542f4040-4df5-4705-ab79-cc54942e9609/1/1/Works-in-Situ-with-Artist_web.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037516814~hmac=8b12fdc2494aa8c28eccdf4a06db05fc902ef37f74a84cf4a1497663d15279fa)
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