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Presentación de diapositivasWeeds/Rumpai Series II - Kancing baju/Coat buttons (
Polyester- Contemporary Art
2015- Contemporary
148.0 x 79.0 cm
Galería de Arte Moderno de Queensland | Galería de Arte Moderna
Sharon M. Chin (1980 –)
Sharon M. Chin: artista malaya que fusiona pintura, performance y cultura local en instalaciones impactantes. Descubre su visión creativa a través de Creative Sanctum y obras destacadas.
Galería de Arte Moderno de Queensland | Galería de Arte Moderna (Brisbane, Australia)
QAGOMA alberga una colección de arte histórico, moderno y contemporáneo, y organiza programas innovadores de artistas australianos e internacionales. Explora instalaciones destacadas y descubre la riqueza cultural del Pacífico Asiático.
During the 2013 national election campaign in Malaysia, Sharon Chin (Malaysia b.1980) collected the political party flags that hung on trees, lamp posts and street signs in her hometown of Port Dickson, and painted over them images of weeds from her own garden. In this series, the number of flags from the ruling Barisan Nasional party (blue and white) versus the main opposition People’s Alliance coalition (red, blue and white) is proportional to the number of flags each party erected in Port Dickson during the campaign.Surviving and thriving in adverse conditions, weeds are a symbol of the resolute stubbornness of everyday existence. With their natural beauty and their sense of the uncontrollable and the inevitable, weeds are a powerful metaphor for dissent. ‘We are the weeds . . . we are in the buildings, the cracks, the fields, the roadsides . . . we are many and not alone.’Exhibited in
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Weeds/Rumpai Series II - Kancing baju/Coat buttons (
- Artista: Sharon M. Chin
- Año: 2015
- Dimensiones originales: 148.0 x 79.0 cm
- Formato: Tall
- Estado de derechos de autor: Bajo derechos de autor
- Ubicación: Galería de Arte Moderno de Queensland | Galería de Arte Moderna
- Movimiento: Contemporary Art
- Técnica y materiales: Polyester
- Contexto del corpus: part of series exploring dissent , weeds symbolizing stubborn existence
Datos clave
- Dimensions: 148 x 79 cm
- Location: Queensland Art Gallery | QAGOMA
- Subject or theme: Dissent, everyday existence
- Title: Weeds/Rumpai Series II - Kancing baju/Coat buttons
- Artist: Sharon M. Chin
- Notable elements or techniques:
- Blue cloth with white stars
- Red background
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