The timed auction ends Thursday October 22nd at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Bryan Mew
Black II (?), 2026
Sumi Ink on Xuan Paper
Height 41 cm x Width 30 cm
Artwork is framed and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $900
The ancient character depicts fire burning beneath a vessel, darkening it with smoke and soot. It captures black not as an absence of light, but as something created, transformed by fire, time, and change.
Artist Bio: Born in Hong Kong and based in Sydney, Bryan Mew is a Chinese Australian artist whose practice explores the ancient origins of Chinese writing and their possibilities within contemporary art.
Working across ink painting, sculpture, performance and installation, Mew traces characters back to their earliest pictorial forms—when written language was closely connected to drawings of people, animals, nature and everyday life. Through gesture, material and experimentation, he reimagines these ancient forms as living, expressive works for contemporary audiences.
His practice has been developed through exhibitions, residencies and projects across Australia and Japan.
Dimensions:
41 cm x 30 cm