VCA Grad Show (Honours)

Victorian College of the Arts
23 - 30 November 2022

With a keen interest in the translated copy, this body of work speaks to art history and Asian diasporas explored through the work of John Young quoting André Derain, Jonathan Nichols’ colours, Agnes Martin’s forms, and Zhang Kechun’s photographs. I endeavour to unravel the function of appropriation and what is revealed through the copy. The resulting paintings grapple with the conflict between an original and a remake.

My painting process is mainly intuitive, compelling me to question the relationship between autonomy and heteronomy of art as a means of exploring my position as a person of the diaspora.

Installation view.
Documentation by Lucy Foster.

Installation view.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat.

IT'S NOT JUST JOHN YOUNG
2022.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
145 x 145 cm.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat. — *IT'S NOT JUST JOHN YOUNG*
2022.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
145 x 145 cm.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat.

Prthalian Sea
2022.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
145 x 140 cm.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat. — *Prthalian Sea*
2022.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
145 x 140 cm.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat.

Boss Bamboo
2022.
Oil and graphite on canvas.
33 x 27 cm.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat. — *Boss Bamboo*
2022.
Oil and graphite on canvas.
33 x 27 cm.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat.

A Scaffolding under Construction
2022.
Oil and graphite on canvas.
70 x 90 cm. — *A Scaffolding under Construction*
2022.
Oil and graphite on canvas.
70 x 90 cm.

Flour in the Wind
2022.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
33 x 30 cm.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat. — *Flour in the Wind*
2022.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
33 x 30 cm.
Documentation by Panisa Ongwat.

Asianless
2022.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
90 x 70 cm. — *Asianless*
2022.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
90 x 70 cm.