The Ecstasy of People Watching - Mark Chu 2021

Melbourne-born painter Mark Chu has his work exhibited everywhere from Shanghai to Amsterdam to NYC and has appeared in the New York Times. At 50m2, Mark's Lunar New Year mural is one of his biggest works to date, towering over passers-by in Jane Bell Lane.

Just down the laneway at No Vacancy, Mark Chu will exhibit 50 paintings in a major new show entitled, The Ecstasy of People Watching.

As a part of the Lunar New Year experience, Mark has created his first sculptural work, a bronze cast of an ox tail coated in 24-carat gold, called a Giving Charm. This valuable work will be priced at zero dollars; however its acquirer will receive instructions from the artist to embrace a life of generosity as fully as possible, and pass it on to a new acquirer when they no longer need to engage with the piece.