Between Silence and Color

Aboutthe artists:

Richard Wu, anAustralian psychiatrist and ink painter, was born in Taiwan and immigrated toAustralia with his family at the age of twelve. After graduating from theUniversity of Sydney with a medical degree, he specialized in psychiatry. Forthe past twenty years, he has written and presented his views on the resonancebetween freehand painting and Western psychotherapy on numerous internationalforums. Dr. Wu's ink paintings are inherited from his family, and in recentyears his style has expanded, incorporating elements of contemporary SongDynasty painting.

HeMas Zhang is anartist working multi-disciplinary areas including conceptual photography andpainting. Exhibiting in both China and Australia, taking his conceptual visionfrom the land, HeMas Zhang also finds that even the smallest aspects of naturecan be a valuable source of both materials and subject matter. HeMas Zhang’sabstract works are often made using real crushed minerals and earth as well asobtaining pigments from those materials. Simultaneously, HeMas Zhang’s materialpractice of using actual earth in heavily textured surfaces continues a customused by indigenous painters. Thus, the imagery is both about the land as wellas being of the land. Because the works are nonfigurative, using only texturesand colors, there is an aesthetic of meditation where the audience is able tosubmerge in the intangible.

Qiwei Chen, from ayoung age, he studied watercolor painting under the renowned watercolor masterLiang Xihong. Later, he studied industrial design at the Guangzhou Academy ofFine Arts. He worked as factory worker and designer. After immigrating toAustralia in 1997, he dedicated himself to art education while continuouslyresearching and exploring the integration of Chinese and Western painting. Heuses Western modern representational forms to create works that embody thespirit of Chinese ink painting. He depicts Australian landscapes and flowers,incorporating elements of Australian Aboriginal art to portray the vibrantnatural scenery and leisurely lifestyle of the Australian people. His workshave been collected by art enthusiasts in Australia, China, Hong Kong,Singapore, and the United States.

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