Join Chin-Jie Melodie Liu on a journey to exploring Taiwanese identities through photographs and objects.
The exhibition will be open from 18 Feb – 13 March in the CIW Gallery, Building 188, ANU.
Opening times:
Weekdays, 9am – 5pm
Saturdays 27 February & 13 March, 10am – 3pm
Drawing Near investigates contrasting Taiwanese identities through a multidisciplinary visual arts practice. The series documents artist Chin-Jie Melodie Liu’s journey of understanding her own identity as a Taiwanese woman of mixed heritage (of waisheng 外省 and bensheng 本省) through reinterpreting objects and photographs. In examining archival material, Liu further seeks to reveal the layered narratives that co-exist in contemporary Taiwanese society.
The series was awarded the 2020 ANU School of Art & Design Emerging Arts Support Scheme (EASS) Megalo Print Studio & Gallery Residency Award, Country to Coast Residency and Exhibition Award, Gallery of Small Things Exhibition Award, EASS Patrons Honours Scholarship, and the Gray Smith and Joan Scott Prize.
About the Artist
Chin-Jie Melodie Liu is an emerging Taiwanese artist based in Canberra, Australia. In 2020, Liu completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours under Printmedia & Drawing at The Australian National University (ANU). Liu also holds a Bachelor of Arts from ANU with a major in French Culture and Language and a minor in International Relations. She is currently pursuing a Master of Museum and Heritage Studies at ANU.
Further information: http://ciw.anu.edu.au/events/drawing-near-chin-jie-melodie-liu
Guided tours:
11-11:30am, 19 February register
2-2:30pm, 27 February register
2-2:30pm, 13 March register
Image: Chin-Jie Melodie Liu, still from Two of Two Million, 2020, video.
Drawing Near is an initiative under the ANU Taiwan Studies Program — a partnership between the ANU and the Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan).