2023 - 2028
Australia
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is an established and internationally respected center for Asian contemporary visual art that specializes in presenting work by artists from the Asian diaspora. Support from the Foundation enables in-depth artistic research into the multifaceted historic experience of Chinese people in Australia form the 1850s Gold Rush era. The aim of the project is to explore the aspirations of Chinese migrants’ from that period and the impact of the discriminatory White Australia Policy on their lives. Support from the Foundation in 2025 to 2028 will contribute to the touring of the resulting exhibition by Christian Thompson AO, House of Gold, to 11 locations in Australia.
Initiating research into and creative exploration of the history of forced deportation of Chinese seamen in Liverpool
Creating artistic renditions of Chinese diasporic experiences
Creating a network across academic institutions to engage with art and the history of Chinese immigration