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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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Jalan Jalan Makan Angin
Roslisham Ismail aka Ise
23 May 2012
Roslisham Ismail aka Ise describes his practice as ‘hanging out and making friends’. However this humble statement conceals the deeply-rooted and long standing relationships that the artist forms with his collaborators and project participants. Since 2006, Ise has worked with various groups of Malay migrants across South-East Asia, attempting to draw into and focus upon More…
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Artist talk – Roslisham Ismail ‘Ise’
16 May 2012
EVENT: Art Forum with Roslisham Ismail ‘Ise’ VENUE: Cell Block Theatre, National Art School Gallery DATE & TIME: 16 May 2012, 1-2pm Malaysian artist Roslisham Ismail aka ‘Ise’ will discuss his current project commissioned by 4A. During a previous visit to Sydney, he noticed from his weekly grocery-shopping trips that these retailers habitually spoke Malay amongst each other. More…
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, its funding and advisory body; the NSW Government through Arts NSW and the City of Sydney. Champions: Kerr and Judith Neilson; Principal Patrons: Daniel and Lyndell Droga; Patrons; Geoff Ainsworth AM, Grasshopper Bar, Johnson Pilton Walker, John Lam-Po-Tang, Dr Gene Sherman AM and Brian Sherman AM, VisAsia and Adrian Williams; Benefactors: AMP Foundation; Andrew Cameron, ARNDT Fine Art, ARTCELL, Richard Funston and Kiong Lee, Simon Mordant AO and Catriona Mordant, Vicky Olsson, Lisa Paulsen, Dr Dick Quan, Andrew Rothery and Julia Champtaloup, The Sky Foundation and Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO; Friends: Brooke and Steve Aitken, Luisa Catanzaro, Ari and Lisa Droga, Choi Ropiha Fighera, Julian and Stephanie Grose, Tonee Holley Knowles and James Knowles, Annette Larkin, Akira and Tomoko Nakayama, Susan Nathan, Becky Sparks and James Roland, Victoria Taylor, Anna Waldmann and Dr John Yu AC.
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