Step into a world where propaganda meets performance and seduction meets satire. A magnifying glass examines periods of political upheaval and violence in China’s history.
This breathtaking exhibition transforms the classical elegance of Rochfort Gallery - with its chandeliers, timber floors, and grand white walls - into a provocative stage of surreal, sensual, and subversive imagery.
Guo Jian is a Chinese Australian artist whose work reflects on the influence of China’s political ideology, particularly during the Cultural Revolution. Emerging from the Cynical Realism movement of the 1990s in Beijing, his art explores how propaganda and performance were used to stir patriotism and manipulate emotion.
Guo Jian’s insights draw from his time as a People’s Liberation Army propaganda painter and his later role as a student protester during the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising.
To view more of Guo Jian’s artwork, understand more about his experiences, and to register for our exhibition, visit the link in our bio or scan the QR code.
NOW SHOWING at Rochfort Gallery
Guo Jian: Nothing About Erotic but Playboy
🗓️ 16 April – 7 June 2025
Curated by: John McDonald
