Tianli Zu: Missing

Abstract

Missing is an exhibition by award winning multimedia artist, Tianli Zu. It consists of large scale paper-cuts, paintings, site-specific installations and cinematic projection to depict absence, power and transcendence. It is an intriguing exploration of shadow matters, reflecting memory, time and space within the Margaret Whitlam Galleries, Female Orphan School, Western Sydney University, Parramatta Campus. Zu invites viewers to experience all aspects of the concept of "missing": physical, psychological and metaphorical. The exhibition items include: Spirit of the Coolabah tree (watercolour, hand cut paper and installation with LED lights, 210x210cm), The Cascade symphony No.2 (acrylic on linen, 198x152 cm), Happening (ink, hand cut paper and site-specific installation), Red drawings (watercolour and hand cut paper, 64x46 cm), Composition (video projection installation, music composed and produced by Andrew Zhou, 22:23 mins.), and Not for sale! (ink, hand cut paper and site specific light projection installation, various sizes)