On Paper
5 - 28 October 2017
Thursday - Saturday, 2-6pm
Opening Night: Thursday 5 October, 6-8 pm
It was at school, year 11 in an
introductory lesson to physics delivered by Mr. Cotton that started a small
revolution in Anie’s mind. It was
Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction. The example he gave was an
image of a cup on a table: the cup is
static, not because visibly the table is supporting it, but it is due to the
force of the table exerting the same force on the cup as the force of the cup
exerting on the table. This jolt of
surprise, where the understanding of what is perceived does not equate to that
which explains the physical manifestation, has made a mark on her.
In Anie’s art practice, the unseen that
brings about the visible has been a wonder, and source of exploration in
her work. Translating this into visual practice, her investigation focuses on
the condition of living with a body and its affects. With the body being both, a sensor and
instrument of making sense, the happenings between the two become the seen and
unseen for her investigation. In the
last 2 years, she has included installation and negative space in her image making. They have become an integral
part in the reading of her work.
Anie was born in Taiwan, and grew up in
East Timor and Dominican Republic. Recipient of
Australian Postgraduate Award, she completed MFA at CoFA, UNSW in 2007.
She has been a finalist in various art prizes. In 2016 she did a residency in
Youkobo Artspace at Suginami, Japan. She has exhibited in Beijing, Seoul and
Suginami.
