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The Journey to Australia
In the entrance to the museum building, painted in acrylic, is Guan Wei's large-scale mural work. A crowded rowboat of refugees heads towards a new land. These naked figures are undertaking perilous journeys across vast oceans, experiencing hardship
and pain in an attempt to achieve their ideal of an earthly paradise - Australia.
Guan Wei first left China for Australia in 1989 to take up a 3-month residency at the Tasmanian School of Art and returned to live here in 1990. He has recently moved back to Beijing with his family but maintains his studio in Sydney.
Guan's work provokes its audience to think about the refugee debate in this country, and ask themselves: how will we act, we who live under the sun and with great abundance, when faced with a boat load of refugees arriving on our doorstep?.......Unearth The Rocks
Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia (Thursday 6 Jun 2013 @ 11:39am)
The Journey to Australia
In the entrance to the museum building, painted in acrylic, is Guan Wei's large-scale mural work. A crowded rowboat of refugees heads towards a new land. These naked figures are undertaking perilous journeys across vast oceans, experiencing hardship
and pain in an attempt to achieve their ideal of an earthly paradise - Australia.
Guan Wei first left China for Australia in 1989 to take up a 3-month residency at the Tasmanian School of Art and returned to live here in 1990. He has recently moved back to Beijing with his family but maintains his studio in Sydney.
Guan's work provokes its audience to think about the refugee debate in this country, and ask themselves: how will we act, we who live under the sun and with great abundance, when faced with a boat load of refugees arriving on our doorstep?.......Unearth The Rocks
Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia (Thursday 6 Jun 2013 @ 11:39am)