Published on: 16 June, 2023

I Am the People
28 June – 12 November 2023
Wednesday – Sunday 10am-5pm
Free Entry

The artists in this exhibition offer their nuanced perspectives, highlighting both the struggles and the aspirations of different groups within Chinese society. Whether we are viewing the world from the perspective of a factory worker in Guangzhou or a wealthy entrepreneur in Beijing, cutting across all boundaries is the need for harmony and belonging. Uniting the divide; between the poverty stricken and the politicians, labourers and ethnic minorities, clubbers and cowboys, is the rallying cry – I AM THE PEOPLE.

Image: Chen Wei 陈维, In the Waves (Orange), 2013, archival inkjet print, 150 x 187.5 cm

Published on: 15 June, 2023

White Rabbit Gallery Exclusive Offer:

From Academy Award winner Laura Poitras, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a gripping portrait of the art and advocacy of Nan Goldin, told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis. It streams exclusively on DocPlay from June 29 – the White Rabbit community can try 45 days for free with the code ALLTHEBEAUTYDP.

Published on: 1 June, 2023

Documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang is widely considered a pioneer of modern Chinese independent film. He launched The Memory Project with the aim to collect oral histories from survivors of the Great Famine, which devastated rural China between 1958 to 1961. Home to this immense project is Caochangdi Workstation, Wu’s studio in suburban Beijing. Over 150 young filmmakers have participated, visiting 246 villages in 20 provinces, and interviewing more than 1100 elderly villagers. Personal accounts and fading memories of the Cultural Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, and the Four Cleanups Movement are preserved – ensuring that these stories are not forgotten.

The Folk Memory Project website is now live! Click on the link: https://thefolkmemoryproject.org/

Published on: 15 May, 2023

Giddy Up!

From Sunday 14th May, the White Rabbit Gallery will be closed until late June as we install our next exhibition, I AM THE PEOPLE.

Stay tuned… more details coming shortly.

Hailun Ma 马海伦, Xinjiang Cowboys 1, 2019, inkjet print, 120 x 80cm

Published on: 14 April, 2023

Last Day: Sunday 14 May 2023 

Visit us soon, before we close the books on Shuo Shu 说书 (Storytelling).

The 29 artists in Shuo Shu 说书 map the evolution of the story from timeless myths and literary romances to political propaganda and modern-day censorship. Artists become shapeshifters, and their stories twist and turn to fit within codes and secret messages. Whilst a closed mind is like a closed book, stories reveal themselves to those who are open.

Curated by David Williams
17 December 2022 – 14 May 2023
Wednesday – Sunday 10am-5pm
Free Entry 

Published on: 8 April, 2023

Produced in collaboration with The Centre for Contemporary Photography, a selection of key photographic and film works from the White Rabbit Gallery’s collection will be exhibited at the Centre for Contemporary Photography  between 21 April – 9 July 2023.

From sweet early romance, to shattering revelations of infidelity, to the overwhelming passion for a boyband, the artists in ‘I Loved You’ use a range of photographic and video techniques to capture and convey personal moments representative of love, memory, fantasy and connection.

Click here for more information. 

Image Credit: Yang Fudong, Ms Huang at M last Night 2, 2006, black and white Lambda digital print, 120 x 180 cm

Published on: 3 April, 2023

Good Friday – 7 April: Closed
Easter Saturday – 8 April: Open 10am-5pm
Easter Sunday – 9 April: Open 10am-5pm
Easter Monday – 10 April: Closed

Image Credit: Li Rui 李锐, Nest 28, 2009, oil on canvas, 100 x 220cm

Published on: 25 March, 2023

Zhang Ji
Secretary of Pineal Gland Recovering, 2022
440 x 400 cm (quadriptych)
Acrylic on canvas