An exhibition of paintings by Fangmin Wu.
In this exhibition, Fangmin Wu’s paintings reflect the feeling of returning to nature following our urban confinement during two long years of lockdowns and isolation.
In the Urban series, he wants to impart that feeling of a crowded city atmosphere by showing famous landmarks and familiar neighbourhoods. The Rock Flower series acts as a contrast, exploring what it means to return to nature. Wu paints trees, sea reefs and rock moss as a timeless representation of our natural environment.
He hopes that scenes from familiar neighbourhoods will remind visitors of the same streets that we were confined to during lockdown. Conversely, the natural landscapes are intended to open up visitors’ minds to nature and our gigantic world beyond the home and local suburbs.
Image: Fangmin Wu, Sydney Harbour from the rocks, 2022, oil on canvas
Fangmin Wu is an award-winning artist based in Sydney whose paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally. He won the first prize in drawing at Liverpool Art Prize 2020. He was a winner of Werriwa Art Prize (2022). Recently, he has received an award for the winner of 2022 Australian Immunisation Coalition Art Prize.
Art Space on The Concourse, 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, 2067, View Map
409 Victoria Avenue , Chatswood 2067
Fangmin Wu, "Gday Melbourne", 2022, oil on canvas
Fangmin Wu, "Sydney Harbour from the rocks", 2022, oil on canvas
Fangmin Wu, 花岩7号 "Floral Rock VII", 2022, oil on canvas
Fangmin Wu, 花岩8号 "Floral Rock VIII", 2022, oil on canvas
Fangmin Wu, 花岩9号 "Floral Rock IX", 2022, oil on canvas
Free
1.30pm, Saturday 3 December
To be opened by Willoughby Mayor, Cr Tanya Taylor.
Guest Speakers:
Guan Wei - Artist and Curator.
David van Nunen - OAM President, Australian Watercolour Institute.