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Details
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Date
- 2013
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 240.0 x 180.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- D G Wilson Bequest Fund 2015
- Location
- North Building, lower level 1
- Accession number
- 54.2015
- Copyright
- © Shi Zhiying
- Artist information
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Shi Zhiying
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About
Shi Zhiying is a contemporary artist who studied Chinese ink painting and calligraphy before moving to oil painting. ‘Cave of ten thousand Buddhas no 3’ was inspired by the south wall of China’s Longmen (Dragon’s Gate) Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan. Carved between the 5th and 8th centuries, the limestone caves were made to hold over 110,000 Buddhist sculptures, ranging in height from 2.5 cm to over 17 metres.
Shi Zhiying’s work reflects her fascination for the Buddhist art of Asia and the melancholy appeal of ancient sites, especially ruins. Of her work she said:
‘My painting is like meditation; a slow and peaceful process that takes a long time to develop. Buddhist scripture suggests eliminating all that is inessential to distil the essence. Simplicity is reality.’
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Tuttle le strade portano a Roma. 17 artisti contemporanei da Shanghai a Palazzo Brancaccio, Museo Nazioanle d'Arte Orientale 'Giuseppe Tucci', , 19 Oct 2013–20 Nov 2013
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Making Worlds, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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David Hinton and Zhu Zhu, Shi Zhiying, Shanghai, 2015, 95 (colour illus.).
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