An exhibition of contemporary Chinese drawings. Drawings act as metaphors for both the personal and political, public and private, domestic or subversive - works that deal with individual narratives or social commentary. The metaphor of Liberation Feet refers to the crippling effects of the perverse practice of foot binding - a distorted notion of ideal feminine beauty and sexuality, and how this can be likened to a regimented academic drawing system based upon the repetition of established canons.

Various Artists including
Cang Xin,
Zhang Hong
Li Jin  
He Sai Bang
Ji Dachun
The Luo Brothers
Luo Mingjun
Xu Bing

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Curated by Mike Esson

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Public Program

Conference: Marking Time: Drawing Connections
9am Friday, Saturday 3rd - 4th October, COFA Main Lecture Theatre EG02

Title Image: Untitled 2002-2004 ink on paper 41 x 45cm Ray Hughes Gallery. Photograph: Sue Blackburn 
Banner Image:  Cang Xin Shamanism Series - Variation 2005 (detail) pencil on paper triptych 200 x 250 cm White Rabbit Collection. Photograph: Silverpixel
Install Images: Installation view 'Liberation Feet ', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 2008.