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The Floating Eye: Sydney Pavilion at the 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012
Brook Andrew, Bababa International, Shaun Gladwell, Raquel Ormella, Khaled Sabsabi, and Shen Shaomin
3 October - 30 December 2012
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art proudly presents The Sydney Pavilion, titled The Floating Eye as part of the 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012, Reactivation. The Shanghai Biennale is the largest international art event in mainland China, expected to attract over 8 million visitors and is led in 2012 by Qiu Zhijie (Chief Curator) and co-curators, Jens Hoffman More…
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Dad and Mum, Don’t Worry About Us, We Are All Well
Song Dong
5 January - 30 March 2013
Dad and Mum, Don’t Worry About Us, We Are All Well is an exhibition of work by Song Dong spanning the last 30 years Emerging as an important artist during a period of significant cultural, social and economic transformation in China, Song Dong’s work reinforces the family unit as a microcosm for society at large. Song Dong More…
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Waste Not
Song Dong
5 January - 17 March 2013
Carriageworks and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in association with Sydney Festival proudly presents, Waste Not by Song Dong. From his family home in Beijing, to the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the Barbican Art Gallery in London, Waste Not presented at Carriageworks is a transformative installation by one of China’s pre-eminent More…
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4A Annual Members Exhibition 2012
23 NOVEMBER - 1 DECEMBER 2012
The Board of 4A invites you and your guests to the opening of 4A ANNUAL MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION 2012 Launch: 6-8PM Thursday 22 November 2012 Venue: 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 181-187 Hay Street, Haymarket (between Pitt and George St) Exhibition dates: 23 November – 1 December 2012 Want to exhibit at 4A? Whether you’re an emerging artist wanting to crack More…
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Variable Truth
Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Melissa Howe, Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, Michael Lee, Greg Semu, Alexander Seton, Tim Silver, Tony Twigg.
25 May - 14 July 2012
Variable Truth examines alternative aesthetic and conceptual trajectories in contemporary art based upon close readings of Australian art and social history. The exhibition includes Australian and international artists who examine the Asia-Pacific Region to inform an expanded understanding of their own historical trajectories. In recent history, Australia’s cultural environment has experienced drastic shifts due to increased More…
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What the Birds Knew
Ken and Julia Yonetani
3 August - 3 November 2012 (Exhibition Extended)
What the Birds Knew features new large scale works by internationally renowned Australian artists Ken + Julia Yonetani. What the Birds Knew includes new sculptural works made from radioactive uranium glass. A 6-metre long green ant will threateningly loom over visitors to the gallery, and a large scale chandelier will be visible 24 hours a More…
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Thai-Na-Town – Little Oz
Vipoo Srivilasa
14 - 17 June 2012
Thai-na-town – Little Oz is a project by Vipoo Srivilasa that celebrates Australia’s diverse migrant populations by inviting people to be part of an international project creating sculptural objects with the artist that represent a person, place or thing that they miss about their home. Thai-na-town – Little Oz stems from a personal desire from More…
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Emerging Curators’ Intensive
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is pleased to announce the introduction of its Emerging Curators’ Intensive, a new initiative developed by 4A to encourage professional advancement amongst emerging curators with an interest in curatorial practice within the Asian contemporary art context. 4A invites Expressions of Interest from curators at the beginning of their careers who More…
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Cola Project
He Xiangyu
16 MARCH - 5 MAY 2012
Developed in 2008, Cola Project is an audacious and ambitious work that investigates material transformation, the products of global capitalism and the impact that its images have upon human culture. In 2008, He Xiangyu worked with factory workers to boil up thousands of litres of cola drink over a period of a year. This ubiquitous material More…
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CINEMA ALLEY 2012
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Liang Wei, Hiwa K, Peter Alwast, Kiran Subbaiah, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Nasim Nasr, Miao Xiaochun
3 FEBRUARY 2012
FRIDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2011 PARKER STREET, HAYMARKET 8PM SCREENING/7PM BAR OPENS Free event 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is pleased to present Double Vision, a presentation of single and two-channel video works for Cinema Alley 2012, 4A’s annual one night only street cinema experience. In developing the 2012 Cinema Alley program, 4A has been working closely with a number More…
