Silin Liu (CN)

I'm Everywhere

19 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Image: Silin Liu, [Andy Warhol & Celine Liu II], 2014. Courtesy the artist and Migrant Bird Space.

Image: Silin Liu, Andy Warhol & Celine Liu II, 2014. Courtesy the artist and Migrant Bird Space.

When

19 February 2021 - 07 March 2021

Region

Central

Venue

michaels [i]
263-269 Elizabeth St, Melbourne
Billboard: Viewable all hours
Store open during events

Accessibility

Wheelchair access

Due to lockdown restrictions delaying installation of this exhibition, I’m Everywhere will now be installed on 19 February.

In I’m Everywhere, Silin Liu highlights the ever-present persona of the artist by travelling through time and space as her alter ego, Céline Liu. Inserting herself into significant moments in history, Silin ponders the role of photography in the era of cultural globalisation, the irrational worship of icons, and our understanding of images as vehicles of historical storytelling.

The two images exhibiting above Michael’s camera store for PHOTO 2021 depict Céline Liu chatting with Frida Kahlo in Mexico, and standing beside Andy Warhol in Tiananmen Square. Each image is the result of a meticulous week-long digital work-process that places charismatic Céline into the familiar settings of our cultural memory.

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Artists

PHOTO Channel

Founding Partners
  • Bowness Family Foundation
  • Naomi Milgrom Foundation
Major Government Partners
  • City of Melbourne Arts Grants Program
Major Partners
  • Maddocks

PHOTO Australia respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we work and live, and the rich and diverse Indigenous cultures across what is now called Australia. For over 60,000 years, Indigenous arts and culture have thrived on this sacred land, and we honour Elders and cultural leaders past and present. This was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

01–24 March