Message from the Director
This year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Australia. In collaboration with AC Art Space and Michelle Perry Fine Arts, China Cultural Centre in Sydney is proud to present the BORDERLESS Exhibition from October 28, 2022, to January 6, 2023. The exhibition features 19 masterpieces of well-known Australian contemporary artists, Adam Chang and Jasper Knight.
Adam Chang is a Chinese artist based in Australia, who has been internationally acclaimed for his impressive achievements in the art of portraiture. His ‘Shan Shui with Panda‘ series is regarded as the best symbol of China in the international art world. These representative works blend figurative and abstract, contemporary western elements and traditional Chinese art. As a leading Australian artist, Jasper Knight’s painting is best known for its bright colours and distinctive graphics. His formal vocabulary of drips, primary colours, and black outlines denotes his relationship to graffiti art, pop art and mixed media. As multiple award-winning contemporary artists, Adam and Jasper have different cultural backgrounds, but they both explore and create unique styles from various art forms.This exhibition brings together these two artists with different styles, showcasing an exploration and inspiration of art, and providing the audience with an opportunity to experience the diversity of contemporary art.
China Cultural Centre in Sydney is committed to promoting cultural communication and interaction between China and Australia, and strives to overcome the negative impact of the Covid pandemic and political prejudice. We hope This cross-cultural art exhibition could play a bridging role in mutual appreciation and understanding between the two people, and add splendour to the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Australia.
I wish the exhibition a great success.
Xiayong Xiao
Director
China Cultural Centre in Sydney
Details
When
28/10/22 – 06/01/23
Monday to Friday
10am – 1pm & 2pm – 5pm
*Excluding both Chinese and Australian Public Holidays
Location
China Cultural Centre in Sydney
Level 1, 151 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000
Opening Ceremony
28/10/22 (Friday)
*By invitation
Admission
This is a free exhibition.
Group Tour
Please email info@cccsydney.org for group tours.
Direction
张鸿俊 Adam Chang
Adam Chang (Hongjun Zhang) is one of the most successful and competent contemporary Chinese Australian painters in Australia.
Born in Shanghai, China in 1960, the artist had his solo exhibition at the age of 25. In the mid-1980s, he came to be known at the 7th National Exhibition of Fine Art and impressed the Chinese painting community by his beautiful monochrome paintings. At the same time, he became the youngest member of the Shanghai Artists Association. In 1992, he won the Shanghai Art Creation Award.
When moved to Australia in 1997, he soon returned to the international art world with his newly created works. He won the finalist prize in Doug Moran National Portrait Prize straight in 1998 and 2000, entered the shortlist of Australia’s most prestigious Archibald Prize six times and was written in Australian art history with nomination of candidates for Archibald Prize 2009 and won the most important People’s Choice Award in 2011. He became the iconic artist of the Florence Biennale in 2015. From 2017, he participated in contemporary art fairs in London, Los Angles and Hong Kong representing Tanya Baxter Contemporary (U.K.). He opened the AC Art Space in 2019. Many of his works have been collected by Australian National Portrait Gallery, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, the British Royal Family and other art institutions.
In his recent series of ‘Shan Shui (landscape) with Panda’, his practice of integrating western vibrant colours with Chinese traditional landscape painting expressions is widely recognized and very popular in the international art market.
Jasper Knight
Jasper Knight is a recognised avant-garde in the Australian mainstream art community.
He is a 43-year-old Sydney-based artist. Since 2005 Jasper’s works have been shortlisted for Australia’s most prestigious Archibald Prize eight times. He has been a finalist in the Wynne Prize four times, the Sulman prize twice, and the Moran prize twice. He was awarded an Australia Council Emerging and Established New Work grant, the Freedman Foundation Scholarship and the Rocks Art Prize. He has also been a finalist in the Blake Prize, The ABN-Amro Prize, The Helen Lempriere, and The Brett Whiteley Prize and was the 2008 winner of The Mosman Art Prize. In 2007 he opened the Chalk horse gallery with the generous support of the Australia Council for the Arts and the City of Sydney. Jasper has shows in 2022 in Sydney and Melbourne. His work is in most NSW regional gallery collections, Artbank, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Australia. His first major portrait book is due this year published by Artist Profile.
Jasper’s works, are known for his bright, brash colours and distinctive graphic approach, using materials such as spray paint, masonite, pegboard and salvaged signage. Influenced by graffiti, pop art and mixed media practices, It is often characterised by the inclusion of industrial landscapes and objects such as ports, cars, trucks and boats. Large blocks of colour drip and move across the surface of his works suggesting movement. He is one of the best-selling artists in the Australian art market.
