Wei Rong Wu - Glimpses - 6 May - 30 May 2021

Published by: Beaver Galleries | 30-Apr-2021
Glimpses from Wei Rong Wu is an exhibition of works on paper, drawn from the artist’s observations and recollections over the past year. Wei Rong Wu is a Chinese-born artist who combines Western and Eastern artistic practices and materials in the creation of her work. This is Wei Rong’s first solo exhibition. This exhibition runs alongside that of artist friend and collaborator, eX de Medici.
Venue: Beaver Galleries
Address: 81 Denison Street
Date: 6 - 30 May 2021
Ticket: Free
Web: https://www.beavergalleries.com.au/exhibitions/glimpses/rong/
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Wei Rong Wu is a Chinese-born artist who combines Western and Eastern artistic practices and materials in the creation of her work. Glimpses is an exhibition of works on paper, drawn from the artist’s observations and recollections over the past year. As she recounts, these are “… glimpses of China and Europe during my travels, my local landscape (that, though fleeting, exerted a profound impression), current affairs and works by ancient Chinese masters. The synthesis of Western-Eastern artistic techniques and concepts expresses my concern at the current and ongoing situation over the last year and hopes to acquire harmony and peace with beauty beyond time and space in the painting.” One of the main materials in her practice is Xuan paper, a rice paper originating in ancient China which is known for its suppleness, strength and texture and is traditionally used for painting and calligraphy. Wei Rong employs two styles of calligraphy in her work: Stone drum script which focuses on the expression of individual characters and modern free writing which is more suitable for coherent and long text description. As she explains, “The font, structure and ink colour all provide a broad platform for artists to display their thoughts and emotion”’.

Wei Rong was born in Shanghai, China and now lives and works in Canberra. Wei Rong completed her Bachelor of Visual Art in 2013 at the Australian National University. In 2018, Wei Rong created a series of works depicting the vibrant character of Australian mineral ores as part of a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the ANU School of Art & Design. Wei Rong painted and molded naturally-creased pieces of Xuan paper into a representation of the ores in the collection of Geoscience Australia. In 2019, Wei Rong collaborated with eX de Medici on a landscape painting “Farmer and Foreigner” which was partly created during a three-week trip the artists took together in China. The 11-metre-long unfolded Chinese painting album records their shared travel experiences. This is Wei Rong’s first solo exhibition.

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