Audio Descriptions | China – The past is present

Hear detailed descriptions of four artworks from the NGV Collection produced in collaboration with Access2Arts. Each artwork is accompanied by two tracks. The first track includes the artwork description plus some factual information. The second track for each artwork has been translated into Mandarin.

Scotty So 蘇港鴻 Wearing a mask during the third bubonic plague, no. 1 在第三次鼠疫大流行時戴上口罩, 1號, 2020 Playback speed: 1X 1.5X 2X 2.5X Playback speed: 1X 1.5X 2X 2.5X
Chinese, Embroidered hanging depicting Daoist immortals 道教神仙绣旗 , 1900–37 Playback speed: 1X 1.5X 2X 2.5X Playback speed: 1X 1.5X 2X 2.5X
Xiao Lu 肖鲁 One (detail 1) (合一), 2015; 2017 (printed) Playback speed: 1X 1.5X 2X 2.5X Playback speed: 1X 1.5X 2X 2.5X
Ah Xian 阿仙 Human human - Carved lacquer bust 3 - Flower and bird 人 – 雕漆半身像3 – 花鸟 , 2000-2001 Playback speed: 1X 1.5X 2X 2.5X Playback speed: 1X 1.5X 2X 2.5X

Artwork number 1: Scotty So Wearing a mask during the third bubonic plague, no. 1 2020, inkjet print, 76.3 × 50.8 cm (image) 86.5 × 61.0 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2021 © Scotty So

Artwork number 2: Chinese Embroidered hanging depicting Daoist immortals, 1900–1937, wool, silk thread, metal thread, cotton, metal, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Felton Bequest, 1937

Artwork number 3: Xiao Lu One (detail 1) (合一) 2015; printed 2017, 120.0 × 80.0 cm (framed) , National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019 © Xiao Lu

Artwork number 4: Ah Xian  Human human – Carved lacquer bust 3 – Flower and bird (2000-2001) resin, fibreglass, lacquer, 45.4 × 46.0 × 28.0 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased with funds from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2004 © Courtesy of the artist