William Yang
William Yang is an important Australian photographer who is much loved and much exhibited. His territory is people - family, friends and acquaintances. His work often involves words, either written on the image or as part of a performance with William speaking and showing slides. He has performed and exhibited widely, both in Australia and overseas. His photographs and stage shows, including the acclaimed Sadness which wove together two themes: the discovery of his Chinese heritage, and the rituals of dying and death in Sydney, have moved people with their honesty and compassion. The NSW State Library held a major retrospective of William's work in 1998. Miscellaneous Obsessions, a collection of his work from the last 20 years was shown at Stills Gallery in October 2002 as part of the Gay Games cultural festival.Over the past fourteen years Yang has been doing performance pieces with slide projection in the theatre. Sadness, Friends of Dorothy, Shadows, and Blood Links are some of the titles. These have toured extensively in Australia and overseas. [This biog is taken from Stills Gallery, Paddington, NSW]
Asian Australian Studies Research Network
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