Guan Wei "Bird - Map - Shadow"
"The Guan Wei sculptures and paintings selected for this exhibition are enigmatic and contemporary expressions of the uncertain times in which we live, where place, repose and peace must be arrived at and generated individually. There is an optimistic sensibility in their whimsy, acceptance and wry acknowledgement of historical inequities; in Guan's "everyman" is an advocate for human resilience.
In his land, sea and mindscapes. Guan evokes the difficulties of the present. Yet rendered with beauty, wit and humour, they evoke the spirit that underpins the continuity of the human experience. Their constructed realities orient them amid the history painting tradition: overwritten with narratives old and new, they are compelling in their engagement with the contemporary realities within which we find ourselves struggling."
Untitled no.1, Guan Wei, 2016
Left: Untitled no.8, Guan Wei, 2016
Middle: Untitled no.6, Guan Wei, 2016
Right: Untitled no.5, Guan Wei, 2016
Salvation no. 1, Guan Wei, 2016.
The Heiser Gallery is located in the arts precinct of Fortitude Valley and represents the work of leading Australian artists and deals in Australian works of art dating from c1920 onwards.
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What nationality is the artist?
Guan Wei is a Chinese artist that works in both Beijing and Sydney.
Describe 2 themes the artist is interested in.
Guan Weir is interested in globalisation of the 21st Century and the political unrest that surrounds the world at this time. He is also interested in the pursuit of the self and the 'happy life of Zen' which he portrays using images of Buddha.
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