Tony Clark
Vizard Collection
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
4 components: 152 x 407 cm (irreg.)
Purchased 1995
Courtesy of the artist and Murray White Room
Photography: Lee Mcrae
Chinoiserie … draws attention to the falsity and vulgarity of ‘East meets West’, to the multitude of sins the phrase attempts to conceal. As a style it bears witness to the West’s historic inability to enter into spontaneous and joyous congress with other cultures, reminds us that we ‘can’t dance’.
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