ARTIST:

Anne Chu

Tombstone for a King and Queen
Anne Chu
Guardian and House
Anne Chu
Anne Chu�s figures are archetypical characters; pawns replayed and recycled in variations of classical storytelling. Cutting across time and culture, they form a blueprint of universal myth. Showing a goddess hovering above a miniature pagoda, Guardian House draws upon the Asian tradition of protective statues; a subject reverberated throughout global folk-lore. Casting the floating figure in iron, and the building in lightweight polyurethane, Chu uses the discrepancies of her materials to enhance supernatural sensation. Set with stage-like simplicity, Chu offers a minimal suggestion of operatic narrative, allowing viewers to form their own epic drama.
Tombstone for a King and Queen
Anne Chu
Drawing her inspiration from ancient sculptures, such as funerary carvings from the Tang Dynasty, or the medieval friezes at Chartres, Anne Chu�s version of history is something more akin to fairytale. Primitively carved from wood, Chu�s invented relics capture a rich, timeless aesthetic, which makes their authenticity all the more believable. Tombstone For a King is a rough-hewn tableau depicting a �long forgotten� tragedy. Her clunky figures are careful study of craftsmanship, displaying a casual presence rarely found in ancient depictions, her washy pigmentation is convincing as battered remains. But it�s her dreamy colours, greys, pinks, and yellows, which give rise to girly romance: her �ancient dynasties� always seem strangely contemporary, bringing mystery and romance to life.
The Court Lady
Anne Chu
Anne Chu’s work is impressed by a wide range of historical and cross-cultural influences. Her figurative sculptures possess an otherworldliness, transporting sense of time and place to create imaginary scenarios of suggested fantasy. Presented as a life-sized marionette, The Court Lady is a confrontation with the exotic and the theatrical. Her face a marred antique, her robe pristine and ageless, The Court Lady stands regal, drawing the viewer into a hypothetical realm that’s both archaic and serenely futuristic.
Woman with Pigtails
Anne Chu
Carved with a chainsaw and chisel from a compiled block of wood, Anne Chu�s Woman With Pigtails sits uneasily between contemporary caricature and ancient totem. Bearing all the scabrous marks of her making, Woman With Pigtails alludes to a contradictory primitivism, her crude rendering contributing to a sense of precious fragility. Staining the surface with oil paint and dye, Chu alludes to a ritualistic spiritualism, absorbed with dark tones both decorative and mysterious.
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