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Award-winning author/artist to visit University
The Melbourne-based author of the book judged Best-Designed Children's Illustrated Book at the Australian Publishers' Association design awards this week is coming to the Sunshine Coast.
Shaun Tan – whose wordless graphic novel, The Arrival, has now won a string of awards – will exhibit his prints and illustrations at the University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery from 5 July to 11 August.
Mr Tan also will be artist in residence at USC with Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and children’s book author Associate Professor Dr Gary Crew in October.
USC Gallery Curator Dawn Oelrich said Mr Tan’s exhibition would feature his original illustrations, some paintings and prints from books.
“His work investigates the relationships between words and illustration and meaning – about finding meaning with or without text – or when the illustration becomes text,” she said.
The Arrival follows the fortunes of a migrant who leaves his home and family in search of work to support his loved ones.