See You in Hell (Blacktown)

The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre

9 July – 21 February 2024

Special Thanks to Dylan Batty, Canbora Bayraktar, Chris Ross

See You in Hell presents a collection of playful and subversive works by artists Jess Bradford and Louise Zhang exploring Chinese concepts of the afterlife. Diyu, the Chinese Buddhist concept of Hell, is both a starting point and a meeting place for the artists to explore personal experiences and complex relationships to their shared Chinese cultural heritage. The exhibition is a bridge between their practices, and includes individual and collaborative works.

See You in Hell has been restaged for Blacktown Arts by Curator Talia Smith

Exhibition catalogue courtesy of Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Installation Photography by Jennifer Leahy Silversalt Photography

See you in Hell (Installation view) 2024

If I don’t finish my tea, could I remember you?, Jess Bradford & Louise Zhang, 2023, Plywood, Tasmanian oak, glazed porcelain, approx 105 x 206 x 133cm.

Nothing to Forgive, Jess Bradford & Louise Zhang, 2023, Ink and acrylic on paper

Surprise visit! 2023, pastel on board, 70 x 70cm

Gambling on the world being a better place 2023, pastel on board, 50 x 50cm

Steak 2023, pastel and acrylic on board, 40 x 40cm