Actions for Tomorrow is the first solo exhibition in Australia of Yangjiang Group, the Chinese artist collective that use the medium of calligraphy as a conceptual springboard into a diverse range of installations and performances. Hailing from Yangjiang, a coastal city in Guangdong province, Yangjiang Group comprises of three key members – Zheng Guogu, Chen Zaiyan […]
MASS GROUP INCIDENT is a major five-month project curated and produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Between 17 January – 31 May 2015, a multi-stage program of exhibitions, site-specific projects, performances, film screenings and public programs will be presented at 4A’s galleries in Sydney’s Chinatown district and a number of off-site locations. Bringing together artists from […]
19 November 2014 MEDIA RELEASE On Friday 14 November, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art took home an award in the Community Engagement category at the 2014 IMAGinE awards. Vertical Villages was a collaborative partnership between Ruangrupa ArtLab (Indonesia), Keg de Souza (Australia) and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, working with international tertiary student […]
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with 4A and Chinese artist collective Yangjiang Group as they take over Sydney’s Chinese Garden of Friendship! This one-night-only special event will feature live art performances led by Yangjiang Group, a contemporary art collective hailing from the coastal city of Yangjiang in China’s southern Guangdong province. Featuring DJs as […]
Image credit: Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema & Bar 2014. Photo: Zan Wimberley. Come along to a night of Asian cinema in the art deco grandeur of the Paramount Pictures building. Films to be announced in early 2015. Subscribe to our mailing list HERE for the latest updates or follow us on Facebook, […]
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is an initiative of the Asian Australian Artists Association Inc. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body; the NSW Government through Arts NSW and the City of Sydney. Champions: Kerr & Judith Neilson. Principal Patrons: Susan Acret & James Roth; Ah Xian and Ma Li. Patrons: Geoff Ainsworth AM; Daniel & Lyndell Droga; Richard Funston & Kiong Lee; Johnson Pilton Walker; The Keir Foundation; John Lam-Po-Tang; Vicki Olsson; The Sky Foundation; VisAsia; Adrian Williams. Benefactors: Brooke & Stephen Aitken; AMP Foundation; Andrew Cameron; Edmund Capon OBE, AM; Julia Champtaloup and Andrew Rothery; CHROFI; Rhonda McIver; Lisa Paulsen; Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO; Dr Dick Quan; Dr John Yu AC. Friends: Michael Alvisse; Professor Ien Ang; Simon Chan Art Atrium; Michael Hobbs; Mabel Lee; Susan Nathan; Dr Gene R. Sherman AM; Becky Sparks & James Roland; Victoria Taylor; Rosie Wagstaff; Anna Waldmann; and Sean Woon.
