LOUISE ZHANG / CHINESE WHISPERS

Louise Zhang_HONEYED ORIFICES AND A PIT OF EASE_2014_acrylic and oil on canvas_120 x 90cm 

   Louise Zhang_AND THEN IT KIND OF HAPPENED_2014_acrylic and oil on canvas_120 x 90cm

"Remember playing Chinese Whispers? 

What happens when you send a whisper around a group of Chinese artists and ask them to create an artwork according to what they think they heard? 

An exhibition of newly created artworks which could take a turn in any direction."

From 12 December 2014 - 31 January 2015, Louise will be exhibiting in a group exhibition Chinese Whispers, at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery.

Featuring 12 Chinese artists, including Kevin Chin, John Deng, Fan Dangwang, Li Cui, Tracy Luff, Kaye Mahoney, Pamela Mei Leng See, Guan Wei, Jason Wing, Huihai Xie, and Tianli Zu; the exhibition draws inspiration from the childhood game, in which a whisper is sent around the group of artists, and they are challenged to create an artwork according to what they think they heard.

Artist Interview with Kevin Chin...

Kevin Chin, Little Pieces (Orange Wagon),

2009, Oil on canvas, 67 x 84 cm

What inspires you and where do the ideas for your work come from?

The paintings in the Artereal exhibition use images with an implicit coding. They're chopped up, repositioned, and recontextualised. They find their own logic by renegotiating the canvas plane.

The ideas come from the images themselves and what they want to become.

What is it that you are trying to achieve with the works in this exhibition? What message or ideas, if any, are you are trying to convey?

These paintings play with how scenes are assembled and how objects find their own meaning.

Why do you make art?

To find out what things are and what they want to become.

Kevin Chin is a Melbourne based artist and a recent finalist in the 2010 Metro Art Prize. In previous years Kevin has also been a finalist in the RBS Emerging Art Prize. His work can currently be seen at Artereal as part of our group exhibition +/- (Positive / Negative) which runs until the 31st October, 2010.

Kevin Chin a finalist in the Metro Art Prize

Kevin Chin, Little pieces (orange wagon), 2009,
acrylic on canvas, 67 x 84 cm

Congratulations to Melbourne based artist Kevin Chin who is a finalist in this year's Metro Art Prize. The winner of the $40,000 prize will be announced on the 3rd of August. 'The Metro Gallery Art Award, now in its eighth year, has helped launched the careers of several past winners including Ben Quilty, Jackson Slattery and Sam Leach.'

Kevin's work can be seen at Artereal this October as part of our group exhibition +/- Positive/Negative.