Painting Itself / 绘画本身

Painting Itself 绘画本身 explores a new 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.

Artists include Jon Chan (Singapore), Un Cheng (Hong Kong), Chris Huen Sin-Kan (Hong Kong/London), Noor Mahnun (Anum) (Malaysia), Tang Dixin (China)

Presented with Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in association with ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra