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Lake Tai
In his practice Michael Wang uses systems that operate on a global scale as media for art: climate change species distribution resource allocation and the global economy. For this project he creates a series of works that look to the natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Tai region and …
Universal Connection
Artist Okuda San Miguel draws inspiration from traditional landscape painting. The calm water surrounded by mountains the squirrels on top of the mountains and the birds together form a landscape that greets visitors from all directions in a friendly manner. Throughout the artist's oeuvre animals and humans share a …
Gather
Ben is a sculptor and public artist. He sheds light on unseen forces in the natural world. When things are not easily understood complexity is often mistaken for chaos. Ben’s response is to play in the boundaries between the simple and the complex the intricate and the overwhelming. Upon …
Quantum Garden
BMW has collaborated with the internationally renowned Chinese artist Cao Fei to create a 'digital art model'. Inspired by this the artist created Quantum Garden first presented at the West Coast Art Fair. The combination with virtual reality technology leads the audience to an immersive perception of the physical image …
The Life of Stars
Chinese Australian artist Lindy Lee’s work is a symbolic representation of the Earth the beginning of life birth and renewal. Intended to be a blessing of vitality and abundant energy Lee draws parallels between a pattern of luminous interconnecting concentric circles and the principle that everything in the universe …
One Vanderbilt
One Vanderbilt designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox KPF is a 1.6 million square foot office building located in midtown Manhattan overlooking Grand Central Station. UAP was engaged to assist the architects to deliver a suspended sculptural screen wall within the entry foyer of the development. The design and composition …
Information Desk
Plummer Smith is a renowned design studio from Australia led by husband and wife duo landscape architect Dan Plummer and artist Belinda Smith. Working from their studio in Murwillumbah New South Wales the pair is committed to the fusion of art with architectural function using their work to express and …
Wind Towards Future
Ned Kahn is an environmental artist and sculptor whose work mimics the usually invisible forces of nature and makes it visible to audiences. His main interests include fluid dynamics optics acoustics and other physical phenomena. As part of the Chengdu Vanke urban renewal project the artist Ned Khan's bold …
Infinity
Yang Zhenzhong is a renowned contemporary artist who combines artistic concepts with high tech intelligence and traditional craftsmanship working primarily in new media such as video photography installation machines and interactive works. Yang Zhenzhong's Infinity combines cutting edge 3D printing technology with traditional manual techniques to transform his stone …
Be With You
Simon Ma is a crossover artist who combines Chinese and Western elements to form his distinct style. Spanning across mediums including painting sculpture sound and video Simon Ma's work draws strongly from foundations in Chinese ink painting while integrating global influences. For his work Be With You Simon Ma …
Tower of Knowledge
Known for her works on paper created with ink and acrylic pigments Mia Liu uses her distinct artistic language to explore the material possibilities of paper drawing out connections between the psychological and physical experiences of life and using these media in unconventional ways. Mia Liu's 'Tower of Knowledge …
Quest City
Over the years renowned Chinese artist Ni Youyu has constantly been exploring a range of mediums including painting installation sculpture and photography to form a distinct visual language. Ni Youyu's works often discuss history and space through the lens of timelessness which is present conceptually and visually. He works …
Knowledge Power/Butterfly Kites
Emily Floyd is renowned for her text based sculptures and pedagogically inspired works that combine a strong focus on visual equalities with interest in the legacies of modernism. Working across diverse mediums including sculpture printmaking and public installation Floyd's works engage various literary disciplines to create bold child friendly …
Flying Stone
Zheng Chongbin fuses Western abstraction with the Chinese calligraphic tradition in works of ink and acrylic on paper finding contemporary relevance in antiquated forms of Asian ink art. Having studied and split his time in China and the U.S. Zheng reveals the influences of both places and artistic traditions …
Passing of Seasons
The richly hued monochromatic patterns and organic forms for which Shen Fan is known to draw on Western Minimalism but maintain a distinctly Chinese character not least because they are painted on rice paper. The repetition of abstract shapes overcomes any strains of individualism or desire for self expression the …
The Life of Stars - Tenderness of Rain
Lindy Lee’s The Life of Stars ? Tenderness of Rain signals the successful ongoing collaboration between the Australian Chinese artist and UAP. Hovering atop a water landscape in the award winning Province Midtown Cultural Centre in China the egg shaped sculpture is symbolic of earth the beginning of life birth …
Gāo Shān Yǎng Zhǐ
Gu Wenda is an influential contemporary Chinese artist celebrated for merging traditional ink painting and experimental installations. Gu has developed a personal vocabulary of invented Chinese characters by misplacing various aspects of existing characters to create new and meaningful words. This tactic among others is Gu Wenda's means to …
Living Word
Pioneering Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing creates powerful poignant mixed media installations in which he subverts systems of language upending expectations and perception. For example Xu has famously re invented Chinese characters and the English alphabet rendering Chinese nonsensical and English into legible Chinese characters effectively challenging comprehension of both …
Illuminate
Mika Utzon Popov’s work Illuminate revels in dichotomies exploring contrast as a key theme. From an intersection between smoothness and roughness light and dark and stillness and change emerges the sculpture with its rough patinaed exterior and gleaming polished bronze internal void. Standing tall at 3 metres the totemic …
The Distance Within
Thomas J Price’s multidisciplinary practice confronts preconceived attitudes toward representation perception and identity. Price’s large scale sculptures depict imagined subjects whose features are an amalgamation of sources. Observed individuals and stereotypes represented in the media are mixed with references to ancient classical and neoclassical sculptures. As part of …
