In a similar way Leong's landscape series relies upon famous subjects for visual juxtapositions. He fuses both Australian and Chinese landscapes to create puzzling views.

'The Eighth Moon', for instance, features the Great Wall of China in the foreground overlooking Ayers Rock in the background. Both structures are monumental in size. They seem to jar against one another, not so much because of their competing scale but because of their origins. We know the Great Wall as an historical symbol of China and Ayers Rock as a spiritual site for Aboriginal Australians. Each a significant landmark within their respective country, a view of them together within the same landscape is a bewildering sight.

Utilising two more Asutralian and Chinese landmarks, 'Shells on Li River' pictures the Sydney Opera House on the Li River, surrounded by spectacular mountain ranges. Leong creates a series of contrasts within landscapes, drawing our attention to the symbolic and cultural value that lanscape holds in the definition of a sense of place.

(by Melissa Chiu, Director of 4A Gallery, Sydney Australia)