A partnership to bring contemporary Asian art to Perth opens with an 'uncomfortable' exploration of the treatment of textile workers and how AI rules our lives.
"We're really here to present contemporary Asian art and ideas, and to strengthen AGWA's ability to work with Asian artists to have a collection that's representative of the region," said the institute's creative lead Rachel Ciesla.
"We wanted to show art and artists and ideas that maybe people wouldn't have access to usually, or maybe they never would have come across, saying, 'Hi, this is for you,'" Ciesla said. Referencing the look of early computer games and commercial graphics, Wong's work "talks about issues that we all experience and can really relate to," Ciesla said.While he is now known internationally and exhibits around the world, Wong got his start in Perth attending high school and then going on to do a then brand-new course at Curtin University in multimedia design.
"He thought he was quite an introvert his whole time there as a student, because he was just learning English for the first time. He hid in his room a lot."
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