exhibitions

works on paper

6 – 30 May 2021

about the exhibition

Wei Rong Wu is a Chinese-born artist who combines Western and Eastern artistic practices and materials in the creation of her work. Glimpses is an exhibition of works on paper, drawn from the artist’s observations and recollections over the past year. As she recounts, these are “… glimpses of China and Europe during my travels, my local landscape (that, though fleeting, exerted a profound impression), current affairs and works by ancient Chinese masters. The synthesis of Western-Eastern artistic techniques and concepts expresses my concern at the current and ongoing situation over the last year and hopes to acquire harmony and peace with beauty beyond time and space in the painting.” One of the main materials in her practice is Xuan paper, a rice paper originating in ancient China which is known for its suppleness, strength and texture and is traditionally used for painting and calligraphy. Wei Rong employs two styles of calligraphy in her work: Stone drum script which focuses on the expression of individual characters and modern free writing which is more suitable for coherent and long text description. As she explains, “The font, structure and ink colour all provide a broad platform for artists to display their thoughts and emotion”’.

Wei Rong was born in Shanghai, China and now lives and works in Canberra. Wei Rong completed her Bachelor of Visual Art in 2013 at the Australian National University. In 2018, Wei Rong created a series of works depicting the vibrant character of Australian mineral ores as part of a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the ANU School of Art & Design. Wei Rong painted and molded naturally-creased pieces of Xuan paper into a representation of the ores in the collection of Geoscience Australia. In 2019, Wei Rong collaborated with eX de Medici on a landscape painting “Farmer and Foreigner” which was partly created during a three-week trip the artists took together in China. The 11-metre-long unfolded Chinese painting album records their shared travel experiences. This is Wei Rong’s first solo exhibition.

exhibition images

  • 1. $4,100 Use of Spies (framed) - watercolour, ink and gold leaf on Xuan paper (painting details by eX de Medici), 84 x 60cm

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  • 2. $2,550 Nice to be home (unframed) - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 69 x 45cm

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  • 3. $820 Emergence II (unframed) - watercolour on Xuan paper, 30 x 30cm

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  • 4. $1,650 Emergence I (unframed) - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 45 x 45cm

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  • 5. $5,600 The Speech of Yan An Forum (framed) - gold leaf on Xuan paper, 32 x 167cm

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  • 6. $2,800 St Peter's Square (framed) - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 69 x 45cm

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  • 7. $4,650 The Gallery (framed) - watercolour on Xuan paper, 53 x 43cm

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  • 8. $2,750 The Art of War (Weak and Strong II) (unframed) - watercolour on Xuan paper, 84 x 58cm

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  • 9. $2,750 The Art of War (To Use of Spies II) (unframed) - watercolour on Xuan paper, 84 x 58cm

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  • 10. $4,860 Joy (framed) - watercolour on paper, 57 x 76cm

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  • 11. $2,750 The Art of War (unframed) - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 45 x 69cm

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  • 12. $2,400 Lily Pond I (unframed) - watercolour & gold leaf on Xuan paper, 45 x 45cm

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  • 13. $1,650 Lily Pond II (unframed) - watercolour on Xuan paper, 45 x 45cm

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  • 14. $1,650 Lily Pond III (unframed) - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 45 x 45cm

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  • 15. $2,300 The Art of War (To Use of Spies I) (unframed) - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 84 x 32cm

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  • 16. $1,880 Scenery I (framed) - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 45 x 45cm

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  • 17. $1,880 Scenery II (framed) - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 45 x 45cm

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  • 18. $2,750 The Art of War (laying of plans) (unframed) - watercolour on Xuan paper, 33 x 104cm

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  • 20. $4,860 The deer bleat (framed) - gold leaf & watercolour on paper, 76 x 57cm

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  • 21. $2,500 The Art of War (Weak and Strong I) - watercolour on Xuan paper, 69 x 45cm

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  • 22. $2,550 The Deer Bleat II - watercolour & ink on Xuan paper, 45 x 67cm

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