EXHIBITION OF PEASANTOGRAPHY SERIES, 2018, TAMI XIANG, CULLITY GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST - TAASA Review September 2019

EXHIBITION OF PEASANTOGRAPHY SERIES, 2018, TAMI XIANG, CULLITY GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST – TAASA Review September 2019

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This article was originally found in the September 2019 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 17).

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reunion.

In the long hours making these works, I could feel the heartbreaking moments of their separation and reunion. Weaving is a method called bian zhi in Chinese; the woven bag is called bian zhi dai.

Bian zhi dai are normally used by migrant farmers as travelling bags to hold their belongings...