Painting Itself 绘画本身

The Drill Hall Gallery and the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery has partnered with Perth Institute of Contemporary Art to present Painting Itself 绘画本身. 

Curated by Jonathan Nichols the exhibition explores a horizontal culture in painting, where fundamental ideas about its history and vitality – long the influence of European and American values – are being reshaped in East and Southeast Asia. A common understanding is that painters look for the ‘face’ of their work, that aspect of a painting that looks back at them. Each of the artists in the exhibition takes on this idea, leaning into the mood and psychic processes of their own painting, with its inner constraints and struggles.

The exhibition presents the work of five artists: Jon Chan (Singapore), Un Cheng (Hong Kong), Chris Huen Sin-Kan (Hong Kong/London), Noor Mahnun (Malaysia), Tang Dixin (China).

Exhibition presented with Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth in association with ANU Drill Hall Gallery and ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Canberra.