Louise Zhang
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2023
"Working with Urban Art Projects Australia, Council commissioned Artist Louise Zhang to design a sculptural seat for Luke Avenue Reserve. A previous judge for the 2021 Burwood Art Prize, Louise Zhang is a Chinese-Australian multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture and installation.
Louise’s piece for Luke Avenue Reserve, Scholar Seats, is influenced by architectural elements found in traditional Chinese gardens. Dramatic landscaping features such as large stones with unusual shapes, known as scholar rocks, were often used in these gardens. Smaller version of scholar rocks were also traditionally found on the table of Chinese poets and scholars, to inspire their connection to nature. In this artwork, Louise has taken inspiration from these scholar rocks to form two sculptural seats. The colour red on the bench seating signifies the continuous thread of connection to traditional Chinese culture while the ethereal blues and purples of the scholar rock elements speak to their conceptual origin as otherworldly objects.” - Burwood Council