"I am impressed by the overwhelming amount of construction going on in Beijing and the fact that the city has deliberately set aside green areas," she said. "Is this city's change also an indication of macro-change, of global change? I became interested in the idea of coverage and protection – of greenery and its association with the notion of greening in relation to the pressing concern to protect our environment in the midst of overwhelming construction and change."
"I am not didactic," Dyer commented. "I like to create art works that provoke questions rather than provide answers."
The public responds to this artist; her work is popular and institutionally funded. She often creates work under the auspices of funding bodies that include the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australia-China Council. "This support enables me to produce work for an international audience. I find the Chinese audience to be very curious and interested."
A Reading Installation
Dyer's installation A Reading has been touring China in Process-Journey, an exhibition celebrating the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Australia and China and the Beijing Olympics. The inaugural exhibition opened at Red Gate Gallery and at the Australian Embassy in Beijing in 2007, and toured to Eastlink Gallery in Shanghai and the Sino Group Art Project Space, Hong Kong in 2008.
