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Balcony #1 2002

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Accession No.
2012.009
Date Created
2002
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A
100 x 80cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
oil
Medium
Oil on canvas
Credit Line
Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

The painting of nudes was considered a radical statement by the early avant-garde in China, as it challenged state-determined prescriptions for art, and it is still a somewhat provocative subject. A member of the important Chinese avant-garde 'Stars' group of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Dalu completed the 'Balcony' series while living in Australia in 2007. Raw and confronting, they mark a departure from Zhao's more refined early style, and convey a mix of personal anxiety, cultural dislocation and professional frustration from which the artist was attempting to free himself using the medium of painting.
 

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