Week 8

It was a little quiet in the gallery yesterday morning. Except some audiences came to visit and I needed to explain the artworks for them. So, I had to be familiar with the all artworks and knew the story of each work in the gallery. My favorite one named Fragments of Cities, made by Lydia Sun in 2011. Before this artwork had been created, Lydia Sun has travelled extensively and was fascinated by the variations in art brought about by different cultural influences. He planned to pursue imagery that was strongly inspired by the contrasts between Australia and Korea. He focus shifted their similarities rather than their differences. He thought every city has a story and a history. This work shows the nature of cities that resulted from a detailed examination of small fragments of two different cities – Sydney and Seoul. The physical transformations of these cities interact with his recollections to form multidimensional that reveal not only the forces that change the cities but also processes that alter his memories. The resulting works use a combination of welded, distressed and weathered steel as layers in the paintings. The steel can form objects, lines or backgrounds and there is intentional ambiguity between what is painting and what is steel. The ideas of multiplicity and layering are explored and accentuated through these processes. When I saw this artwork at the first time, I could not understand the meaning of it. Sometimes the audiences also have the same confused, it is really happy that I can explain to them. Another artwork also gives me a deep impression. Hibiscus by Eun-a Ko is an intriguing art work as she paints visually pleasing flowers with a fair amount of detail and it works quite well with the contrast of the black background. However, aesthetics is not its true value, as the black background is represents ashes and the flowers are contrasting the darkness with truth. The truth that while, flowers may light our faces with a smile; the only thing that can light our souls is god. Before the intern, I could not image and understand the deep meaning when I saw the paintings in the gallery. I always thought them in the simply ways. I found that it was really amazing when I can understand the real story and inspiration behind each artwork. By the way if you are interest in our gallery, welcome to Burwood Gallery. Our opening days are form Monday to Sunday except Tuesday, 10am to 5pm.