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Presentación de diapositivasWeeds/Rumpai Series II - White eye (
Woodcut- Contemporary
2015- Contemporary
150.0 x 73.0 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 - White eye (
- Artista: Sharon M. Chin
- Año: 2015
- Dimensiones originales: 150.0 x 73.0 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
- Técnica y materiales: Woodcut
- Época: Contemporary
Datos clave
- Artist: Sharon M. Chin
- Subject or theme: Resilience, dissent, and nature
- Title: Weeds/Rumpai Series II - White eye
- Artistic style: Ukiyo-e inspired
- Dimensions: 150 x 73 cm
- Medium: Monochrome woodcut print
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