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AUSTRALIA-CHINA-ART
Chinese artist Zhou Xiaoping poses in front of one of his paintings at the opening of the exhibition Trepang: China & the story of Macassan-Aboriginal trade, at the Melbourne Museum on July 21, 2011, showcasing the first recorded history of trade relations between China and Australia. Macassan traders developed relationships with Aboriginal clans on the north Australian coastline, obtaining permission to harvest trepang or bêche-de-mer – a dried or smoked sea cucumber - long before the British arrived in Australia. The exhibition is founded on a longstanding friendship between classically trained Zhou Xiaoping and the highly respected indigenous artist, the late John Bulunbulun. After years of collaboration, dating back to 1988, these two artists; inheritors of ancient traditions, bring together their understanding of historical events that entangled their ancestors across cultures and the seas and archipelagos between China and the northern coast of Australia more than two centuries ago. AFP PHOTO/William WEST
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Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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WILLIAM WEST |
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21 Iulie 2011 |
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3300 x 2738 (1.18 MB) |
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