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Visual Arts
A Hundred Surnames in Tofu (Chen) (still) (2010), video installation. Courtesy the artist and A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu.
China is certainly the flavour of the month. In Melbourne, audiences are flocking to the unique installation style and political commentary of Chinese ‘super-artist’ Ai Weiwei in a recent survey of his work at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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