This series addresses the situation of the 61 million Chinese Left Behind Children in the countryside, who are raised up by their grandparents and only see their parents once a year or once every few years. Due to the household registration system was introduced to classify all people in the whole country as either agricultural (rural) or nonagricultural (urban), which differentiate the people’s rights. These images are interwoven with a portrait of the children with their grandparents, a portrait of their parents, train tickets and a image of their house as the woven background.
Tami Xiang is a Perth based Chinese-Australian artist and academic scholar. She achieved a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and is currently undertaking a PhD by research at UWA. Her work has been exhibited in Australia, Mainland China, France, Taiwan and the U.S.
