Head 1 (from ‘China. China’ series) 1997
Made of porcelain body-cast, with hand painted under glaze blue and over glaze decoration in yellow, orange, and green
China China, 1999
Porcelain with under glaze blue and over glaze enamel
Metaphysica: Red Fish 2007
Bronze, brass, and oil paint
China ,China bust no 35 1999
Porcelain in under glaze cobalt-blue with flower and bird design
Human, Human- flower and bird (2000-2001)
resin, fibreglass, lacquer
The models used in the busts of the art happened to be of Ah Xian’s own family and friends of Chinese and non-Chinese ethnicity. In the China, China series Ah Xian made many of his coloured porcelain busts in kilns at Jingdezhen and were hand-painted under his direction by local artisans. Ah Xian used traditional Chinese materials to communicate his own personal experience of cultural crossing in the late 20th century. Ah Xian now lives in Sydney Australia ever since 1990.
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