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4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art fosters excellence and innovation in contemporary Asian and Australian culture through research, documentation, development, discussion and presentation of contemporary visual art. We believe that Asian cultural thinking will have an important impact on the future. 4A’s aim is to ensure contemporary visual art plays a central role in understanding [...]

Tianli Zu, White Shadows (2012-2013) multi-media installation: hand-cut acetate film, acrylic, animation dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Photography: Zan Wimberley.

In Possible Worlds

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In Possible Worlds brings together a selection of recent works by Australian artists Elly Kent, Claudia Nicholson, and Tianli Zu. Touching on themes of intimacy, dislocation, violence and the pleasures of ordinary life, In Possible Worlds encourages us to question the concrete reality of visual fact when faced with shifting realms of meaning beneath the [...]

Dadang Christanto, Survivor (2009) Performance at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney. Courtesy of the artist and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney. Photography: Garry Trinh

Survivor

Coming Soon

Dadang Christanto’s performance, Survivor, will tour to a number of NSW regional galleries throughout 2012 and 2013. Survivor by Dadang Christanto is a performance by contemporary Indonesian-Australian artist Dadang Christanto and continues his interrogation of disaster and its human impact through a performance based on events in the Sidoarjo region of East Java where hot volcanic mud has [...]

4A's Program Manager Pedro de Almeida with artists (left to right) Huang Liyan, Ma Yujiang , Shen Shaomin, Chen Ping & Song Xi at Shen Shaomin's Studio, Beijing.

Postcards from Beijing: Pedro de Almeida at the studios of Shen Shaomin

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Last week during his trip to Beijing 4A’s Program Manager, Pedro de Almeida met with Chinese-Australian artist Shen Shaomin. This visit coincides with 4A’s recent announcement of a Beijing Residency Program at the studios of Shen Shaomin in September this year. The residency program is a great opportunity for three emerging artists to work in [...]

4A Members’ Program – Perceiving Space: Contemporary Design & Architecture

Events

In our daily lives we often take for granted how we interact with and experience the built environment. How do we orient ourselves in space? What are some of the conditions designers and architects face when creating spaces for other people? To unpack these issues 4A is presenting an informal forum by bringing together architects, artists, [...]