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Lan Wang
Biography
Lan Wang (b. 1953), artist, was born in Beijing, China and at sixteen was sent to work as a farm labourer in China's Great Northern Wilderness for nine years during the Cultural Revolution.
2 portraits in the collection
Lan Wang, 2011
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016
Lan Wang, Xini, Jiawei Shen and Billy, 2010
Greg Weight
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2012
Jiawei Shen, 2011
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016
Jiawei Shen
Biography
Jiawei Shen (b. 1948), artist, was born in China in 1948 and began to gain recognition as a painter during the Cultural Revolution.
13 portraits in the collection
About the exhibition
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Portraits from the Sigg collection, from 1979 to the present including painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation.
Shen Jiawei
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Shen Jiawei was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist.
Matthew Mitcham
Biography
Matthew Mitcham OAM (b. 1988) won the gold medal in the 10m platform diving event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
1 portrait in the collection
Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese Portraiture
12 July 2012
Previous media releases
Exhibited simultaneously at the two locations, Go Figure! is drawn from the Sigg Collection, the largest and most significant collection of contemporary Chinese art anywhere in the world.
References
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About the exhibition curator Claire Roberts, and writers Eugene Wang and Zhang Letian.
Fang Lijun
Featured Artists
Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.
Exhibition themes
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The four main themes of the exhibition: About face, Body politic, Skin deep, and Self reflex.
Chinese Art
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A short overview of modern Chinese art from 1949 to the present.
Liu Wei
Featured Artists
Born 1965 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.
Yu Hong
Featured Artists
Born 1966 in Beijing, China. Lives and works in Beijing.