Ah Xian
Ah Xian (Born 1960 in Beijing) is a Chinese born artist based in Sydney, Australia.
Ah Xian was a practising artist in China throughout the 1980s. He sought political asylum in Australia following the events of Tiananmen Square in 1989 and moved to Sydney in 1990. He started work on porcelain casting in the 1990s, and produced the China China and Human Human series of busts and figures. [1]
Awards and honors
- In 2001, he won the National Gallery of Australia's inaugural National Sculpture Prize.[2]
References
- ^ "Ah Xian". "Queensland Art Gallery". http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/past/recently_archived/the_china_project/three_decades_the_contemporary_chinese_collection/ah_xian_china_china__bust_no.3_1998. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ Rosemary Neill (21 March 2009). "The Face: Ah Xian". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/the-face-ah-xian/story-e6frg8n6-1111119160459.
- ^ "NGV ANNOUNCES AH XIAN AS RECIPIENT OF 2009 CLEMENGER CONTEMPORARY ART AWARD". National Gallery of Victoria. 16 September 2009. http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/ngv-media/?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubmd2LnZpYy5nb3YuYXUlMkZtZWRpYS1hcHAlMkZtZWRpYVJlbGVhc2VzJTJGMTQ4JTJGZGlzcGxheSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
Further reading
- Ah Xian (2007). Ah Xian - Skulpturen, sculpture. [Heidelberg]: Edition Braus. ISBN 978-3-89904-304-4.
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