Guanting Li : Harmonies opening Sat 12 April and showing until the end of May – a fusion of meticulous training in traditional Chinese ink painting with the artist’s experiences of living in Australia over the past 20 years. The exhibition brings together a survey of artworks created over the last 10 years or so, from large scale scrolls to more intimate sized works depicting the grandeur of nature; people at leisure; symbolic elements, such as the lotus flower and the natural beauty found in the everyday – from plants and petals, to human connections, and animals including a koala and joey, and birds sheltering on a branch. The works evoke an atmosphere of calm and contemplation as Guanting Li expresses the joy in finds in his subject and in his skilful use of ink and brush.
Preview the exhibition on our website and download the catalogue. A video of the opening including Guanting Li speaking about his art through a translator and a special musical performance by Deng Chong Ying on guqin will be loaded to our site in due course.
