Mira Gojak’s ‘Exhaled Weight 2019 ’ . Picture courtesy of Mira Gojak and Murray White Room, Melbourne. Photo: AGNSW, Diana Panuccio
Three of Sydney’s leading cultural institutions have joined forces to display the works of 70 of Australia’s contemporary artists as part of a six-year partnership.
The National 2019: New Australian Art second biennial exhibition is a joint collaboration between the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA).
The exhibition is a celebration of contemporary Australian art, showcasing work being made across the country and abroad by artists of different generations and cultural backgrounds.
Through ambitious new and commissioned projects, the 70 artists and collectives featured across the three venues respond to the times in which they live, presenting observations that are provocative, political and poetic.
The exhibition profiles the diversity of Australian contemporary art practice.
Over 60 per cent of the exhibiting artists are women and over a third are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.
Encompassing performance, site-responsive installation, painting, film and photography, The National 2019: New Australian Art presents a dynamic cross-section of Australian art.
The National 2019 opened last Friday (29 March) with a three-day program of talks, performances and events across all three venues.
The National 2019 is curated by Isobel Parker Philip (AGNSW),Daniel Mudie Cunningham (Carriageworks), and Clothilde Bullen (MCA) and Anna Davis (MCA).
The exhibition will run until 23 June at Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art and 21 July at the A rt Gallery of New South Wales.
More information can be found at the exhibition’s website at this PS News link.
