Christian Thomspon – House of Gold

House of Gold by Dr Christian Thompson AO draws inspiration from a line of Song Dynasty poetry 书中 自有黄金屋 [shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū], or, ‘a book in the hand holds a house of gold’, and explores the artist’s Chinese heritage, dating back to the 1850s Gold Rush migration boom. The exhibition chronicles a personal history of intersectional identity at generational scale, where Thompson gives us glimpses of intimate moments shared between both his First Nations Bidjara and Cantonese family – learnings of language, food and self that make the artist whole.

A 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art exhibition, in partnership with Golden Dragon Museum Bendigo, supported by The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Global and touring with Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.