The China Project

295 WILLIAM YANG : LIFE LINES William yang Australia b.1943 Self-portrait #2, 1947 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 2/30 / 84 x 50cm / Collection: The artist Self-portrait #3, c.1948. Photo: Charlie Young (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 60 x 42cm / Collection: The artist Family at Dimbulah, c.1957. Photo: Charlie Young (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 39 x 50cm / Collection: The artist William at Queensland University, 1968 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 60 x 40.2cm / Collection: The artist William, Father, Mother, 1974 (from ‘GoMA self- portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 41.5 x 50cm / Collection: The artist William, Randwick, 1975. Photo: Melody Cooper (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 33.1 x 21.5cm / Collection: The artist Allan’s dinner for me, 1981 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, / 39 x 50cm / Collection: The artist William in scholar’s costume, 1984 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 94.5 x 62.7cm / Collection: The artist The disguise, 1989 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 44.6 x 26.5cm / Collection: The artist My family in front of our old house, 1992 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Gelatin silver photograph, ed. 2/10 / 32.7 x 40.6cm / Collection: The artist Self-portrait #1, 1992 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Gelatin silver photograph, ed. 1/20 / 37.7 x 48.1cm / Collection: The artist Copy of hand-coloured publicity photo for The North , 1996 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 2/20 / 28 x 30cm / Collection: The artist I’ve been loved, 1999 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 38.8 x 50cm / Collection: The artist Alter ego, 2000 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 2/20 / 55.2 x 70.9cm / Collection: The artist Blocked moongate, 2005 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 2/20 / 28.2 x 40cm / Collection: The artist Climbing Huang Shan, 2005 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 2/20 / 40 x 40cm / Collection: The artist William at Thornborough, 2006 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 49 x 60cm / Collection: The artist Self-portrait #5, 2008 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 26.7 x 40cm / Collection: The artist Life lines 2009 Applied vinyl / Dimensions variable / Site-specific work commissioned for ‘The China Project’ / Courtesy: The artist personal objects All objects are in the collection of William Yang unless otherwise specified. Photos of Dad & Mum, house at Dimbulah, 1930s / Collection: Alan Young Photos of Alan & Frances, house at Dimbulah, 1930s/1940s / Collection: Alan Young Tins of photos, house at Dimbulah, 1930s/1940s Embroidered painting, house at Dimbulah, 1950s Japanese painting on silk, house at Dimbulah, 1950s / Collection: Alan Young Ornamental scene in cork, house at Graceville, 1950s / Collection: Alan Young Plate, house at Dimbulah, 1950s Stone lions, bought in Hong Kong, 1960s / Collection: Alan Young Miniature scripture carved in ivory, 1980s Selection of books, 1980s, including Tao Te Ching and a facsimile of My Life and Work by Taam Sze Pui Statue of Taoist priest in bone, given to me by Yensoon Tsai, 1980s Shrine from when I became Taoist, bought in Sydney, 1984 William Yang written three times on a sheet of rice paper by calligrapher Yao Dit Xiong, 1984 Selection of figures made from paste, 1988 Fragment of tile found at the Temple of Heaven, Beijing, 1989 Great Wall T-shirt bought in Beijing, 1989 Guan Yin, a statue given to me in Beijing, 1989 Ink stone, given to me in Beijing, 1989 Mao cap, bought in Beijing, 1989 Mao cloth, given to me in Sydney, 1990s Plate depicting mountains, bought in Hong Kong, 1992 Festive hat, bought in China, 1993 Container, bought in Taipei, 2000 Eight Trigrams token, bought in Taiwan, 2000 Glazed plate, souvenir replica of a famous blue-green glaze, Taiwan, 2000 Handmade birthday card, given to me by Shen Jiawei, Sydney, 2000 Mao token, bought in Taipei, 2000 Taoist oil pourer, bought in Taipei, 2000 Yellow plate, bought in Hong Kong, 2000 Tea cup, bought in Shanghai, 2002 Fibreglass mountain, bought in Sydney, 2003 Plate, given to me in Henan Province, China, 2006 Song Dynasty plate, bought in Sydney, 2008 Teapot and pourers, bought in Beijing, 2008 Aaron Seeto, The One Thousand Other Things (Blood Links) 2008, 7 unique gold-toned, silver-salt photographs on salt-preserved duck eggs