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Sulman Prize 2022
Art Gallery of NSW, 14 May - 20 Aug 2022

Sulman Prize 2022: Art Gallery of NSW

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Sulman Prize 2022, Art Gallery of NSW
Louise Zhang ais are finalist in the 2022 Sulman Prize with her work The eye of Qidu, seeing over me and Grandpa.

Based on a childhood memory of visiting my grandfather in Qidu, China, this work seeks to capture the moment I first witnessed the glow of a red sun outside the car window – a red orb at once beautiful and apocalyptic. I imagine speaking to Grandpa through a personal lexicon of symbols that have both cultural meaning and significance (persimmons to represent happiness and resilience; clouds to represent the celestial realms) and private significance (the loving hand of my grandpa to symbolise our relationship; the skull to represent my fear of his declining health). This work is a plea to the almond-shaped island of Qidu, our home, for protection.

 

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Louise Zhang
The eye of Qidu, seeing over me and Grandpa, 2022
acrylic on canvas
122.2 x 153 cm

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