In front of the lift

Acrylic, Canvas, Ready to hang

76cm (W) x 92cm (H) x 3cm (D)

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Artwork Description

Hui's paintings respond to her recent family gathering during Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. The work relates to a painting series created this year that examines family reunion and parting and Hui's mixed feelings of bliss and grief in celebration and grave visiting. Blue symbolises running tears and over-flowing emotions in the series.

In front of the lift depicts blooming chrysanthemums Hui saw in front of a lift to her home in Hong Kong. Chrysanthemums are displayed commonly in public during the new year in her home city that the flower symbolises luck and longevity. The blue flower pedals fill the entire painting with water drops dripping down. Among the crowded scene of flowers, Hui adds a miniature person who is looking at its hollowed heart, connecting the painting to the rest of the series on introspection.

Artist Bio

Jessie Hui is from Hong Kong, living on Kaurna land. Her painting practice examines impermanence of feelings and in her day to day living experience. Working with acrylic and oil on canvas, Hui puts the mundane and unnoticed aspects of the everyday into a distorted and exaggerated dreamscape. Her work emphasises in having transparency, contrast and an unconventional representation of time and space, creating a magical view of the everyday. Hui completed a BFA(Hons) from UNSW Art and Design and exhibited across galleries on Gadigal Land/ Sydney and in Tarntanya/ Adelaide.

Commissions

Jessie's studio is in Kaurna Land, Adelaide