Further reading: Geoff Raby Collection of Chinese Art
The texts listed here are related to artworks presented recently in the La Trobe Art Institute exhibition program. We are in the process of developing online access to our art collections. This new resource will include writing on a wide range of artworks.
We welcome your corrections and suggestions for improvements to details of artworks or texts. Contact artcollections@latrobe.edu.au.
Ah Xian
Concrete forest: chrysanthemum, 2008–09, concrete with oil and wax, artist’s proof
– text by Shanti Shea An [PDF 305KB]
‘Stop’ from the series ‘Sense of security’, 1985, oil on canvas
– text by Shanti Shea An [PDF 571KB]
An Kun
My pretty friend Zhen, 2012, oil on canvas
My pretty friend Naonao, 2011, oil on canvas
My pretty friend Respect, 2011, oil on canvas
My pretty friend Yan, 2011, oil on canvas
My pretty friend Shushu, 2010, oil on canvas
– text by Soo-Min Shim [PDF 391KB]
Aniwar Mamat
Nursing a pile of old memories and exhausted feelings: how you confront white, blue, yellow Kashgar wool, 2014, dyed and undyed felted lamb’s wool
– text by Shanti Shea An [PDF 323KB]
Cang Xin
Communication series – Big Ben, 2001, chromogenic print
– text by Genevieve Trail [PDF 636KB]
Mine disaster monument, 2006, chromogenic print
– text by Genevieve Trail [PDF 751KB]
Feng Yan
‘The people's conference hall’ from the series ‘Power’, 2006, chromogenic print
– text by Soo-Min Shim [PDF 307KB]
Guan Wei
Day after tomorrow no. 5, 2007, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
– text by Bianca Winataputri [PDF 449KB]
Salvation no. 1, 2015, bronze
Ocean 3, 2013, bronze
Cloud no. 2, 2012, bronze
Up in the clouds no. 1, 2012, bronze
Cloud no. 3, 2009, bronze with power-coated enamel
– text by Bianca Winataputri [PDF 596KB]
Water view no. 14, 2011, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Water view no. 15, 2011, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Water view no. 18, 2011, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
– text by Bianca Winataputri [PDF 492KB]
Guo Jian
One world, one dream aka Dirty mind, 2004, cast resin glass, internal light
– text by Soo-Min Shim [PDF 484KB]
The cast and the crew, 2009, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
– text by Soo-Min Shim [PDF 463KB]
Hua Jiming
Chinese performance art, 2009, screenprint
– text by Genevieve Trail [PDF 1MB]
20 Maos, 2008, colour lithograph
– text by Genevieve Trail [PDF 699KB]
Jian Jun Xi
Kiss earth, 2014, bronze
– text by Genevieve Trail [PDF 222KB]
Jiang Shan Chun
Couple's portrait, 2013, watercolour on paper; and ‘Reunion II’ from the series ‘Peace’, 2013, oil on canvas
– text by Genevieve Trail [PDF 480KB]
Li Dapeng
Painter, 2007, oil on canvas
The Year of the Pig, 2007, oil on canvas
The gilded age, 2003, oil on canvas
Standard head, 1997, oil on canvas
– text by Soo-Min Shim [PDF 555KB]
Li Jin
Sex is nothing, nothingness is sex, 2006, ink and colour on xuan paper
Good gas, 2008, ink and colour on xuan paper
Sleeping under flowers, 2017, ink on xuan paper
Erroneous, 2000, ink and colour on xuan paper
– text by Shanti Shea An [PDF 616KB]
Luo Brothers
‘Boy with fluffy hair’ from the series ‘100 family names’, 1992–93, pencil on paper
– text by Genevieve Trail [PDF 468KB]
Shen Shaomin
Experimental field series no. 1 peapod, c. 2002, bone, bone meal
– text by Bianca Winataputri [PDF 245KB]
Unknown weaver, Kashgar
Untitled, 1942, woven carpet
– text by Shanti Shea An [PDF 562KB]
Wang Zhiyuan
The loyalty trilogy – stage 1: tenacity, 2015, brush and ink and fibre-tipped pen on paper
The loyalty trilogy – stage 2: surpassing, 2015, brush and ink and fibre-tipped pen on paper
The loyalty trilogy – stage 1: relief, 2015, brush and ink and fibre-tipped pen on paper
– text by Soo-Min Shim [PDF 266KB]
Rose Wong
Cut into, 2017, fibreglass, wood, resin
– text by Shanti Shea An [PDF 388KB]
Yang Huoxing
Defeat the Gang of Four, 1976, paint on porcelain
– text by Genevieve Trail [PDF 583KB]
Yi Ling
Australia, 2010, mixed media on paper
– text by Bianca Winataputri [PDF 714KB]
Zhang Hui
Beijing wa wa, 2007, oil on canvas
– text by Soo-Min Shim [PDF 318KB]