Evi O:
A Pair of Marbled Cone Snails Races to Chinatown for The Special Braised Eggplant
When
20 January 2023 -
30 March 2023
Location
Haymarket and Inner West
Working with a refined hand and curious eye, Evi O’s colourful abstractions of our natural and urban environment will transform Sydney’s light rail into moving artworks throughout Lunar New Year 2023. A Pair of Marbled Cone Snails Races to Chinatown for The Special Braised Eggplant celebrates Australia’s unique biodiversity and pays homage to one of Chinatown’s most iconic meals.
Drawing inspiration from her recent Holiday series, this public artwork is the artist’s largest scale work to date. Evi shares her love for nature with stylised depictions of the colours, patterns and movements of Australian animals, from bounding kangaroos to crawling sea snails. A Pair of Marbled Cone Snails Races to Chinatown for The Special Braised Eggplant gives the aquatic mollusc a relatable personality quirk: catching the light rail into Chinatown for the precinct's emblematic meal, 紅燒茄子 [hóngshāo qiézi], or special braised eggplant.
A Pair of Marbled Cone Snails Races to Chinatown for The Special Braised Eggplant is supported by The City of Sydney's Precinct Activation Grant Program.
Public Program
Evi O | Artist and Curator In Conversation
Saturday 4 February | 12pm - 1pm
Free | Held in-person at 4A
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Talk
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 1:00am
Join Evi O and Con Gerakaris for an in-depth on food, Chinatown and public art!
Top image: Evi O, A Pair of Marbled Cone Snails Races to Chinatown for The Special Braised Eggplant, 2022, commissioned by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art with support by The City of Sydney's Precinct Activation Grant Program. Courtesy the artist.
