Ah Xian's ceramic busts at NGA, Victoria
These busts could teach us all a lesson in standing out while blending in.
The room felt like a quiet dialogue between centuries. Each sculpture seemed to carry the weight of its history while asserting its modern identity. The yellow and green patterns on one bust caught my eye first—vivid and unapologetic against the pale backdrop. I thought about how art often carries contradictions effortlessly: tradition versus modernity, stillness versus movement. Here was proof that ceramics could speak louder than words if you paused long enough to listen.