Purchased 2012
Shen Jiawei was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist.
Lan Wang (b. 1953), artist, was born in Beijing, China and at sixteen was sent to work as a farm labourer in China's Great Northern Wilderness for nine years during the Cultural Revolution.
2 portraits in the collection
Exile burnishes love’s bond
Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016
Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016
Jiawei Shen (b. 1948), artist, was born in China in 1948 and began to gain recognition as a painter during the Cultural Revolution.
13 portraits in the collection
National Photographic Portrait Prize curator, Sarah Engledow, finds reward in a difficult task and ultimately uncovers the essence of portraiture.
Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
