Art Almanac April 2018 $6 Julie Dowling Waqt al-tagheer: Time of change Steve Carr Art Almanac April 2018 Subscribe We acknowledge and pay our respect to the many Aboriginal nations across this land, traditional custodians, Elders past and present; in particular the Established in 1974, we are Australia’s longest running monthly art guide and the single print Guringai people of the Eora Nation where Art Almanac destination for artists, galleries and audiences. has been produced. Art Almanac publishes 11 issues each year. Visit our website to sign-up for our free weekly eNewsletter. This issue spotlights the individual encounters and communal experience that To subscribe go to artalmanac.com.au contribute to Australia’s cultural identity. or mymagazines.com.au Julie Dowling paints the histories of her Badimaya ancestors to convey the personal impact of injustice, while a group show by art FROOHFWLYHHOHYHQíOWHUVWKHFRPSOH[LWLHVRI the Muslim Australian experience through diverse practices and perspectives. Links Deadline for May 2018 issue: between suburbia and nationhood are Tuesday 3 April, 2018. presented at Cement Fondu, and artist Celeste Chandler constructs self-portraits merging past and present lives, ultimately revealing the connectedness of human existence. 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Preview the exhibition on our website: www.diggins.com.au Art in Australia 14 21st Biennale of Sydney The latest iteration of the Biennale of Sydney presents the work of 70 artists and artist collectives from Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, South America and Europe at seven venues across the city: the Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Artspace, Carriageworks, Cockatoo Island, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Sydney Opera House and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art until 11 June 2018. The works form personal responses to the curatorial theme ‘SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement’, which focuses on multi-layered perspectives of the world and its histories that simultaneously interact and create balance. Among the highlights are Ai Weiwei’s Crystal Ball (2017) at Artspace, examining the complex future of our world in the face of the current global humanitarian crisis; Marco Fusinato’s Constellations (2015/2018) at Carriageworks inviting visitors to hit a home run by striking a baseball bat against a white wall as microphones transmit 120db through the gallery space – intensifying the impact and emotion; Tom Nicholson’s addition to Untitled wall drawing (2009- 2018) – a matrix of painstakingly handwritten words narrating a geopolitical history of the 20th century at the MCA; Oliver Beer’s ongoing ‘Resonance Project’ at Sydney Opera House exploring the complex relationship between sound and space; and Akira Takayama’s ‘Our Songs – Sydney Kabuki Project’ at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art – a recording of volunteers aged 5-94 years who expressed their stories through song and prose in different languages. Public programs include daily guided-tours, artist and curator-led talks, lectures, workshops, performances, panels and screenings as well as after-hours events. Marco Fusinato, Constellations, 2015, installation view (2015), Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore, baseball bat, chain, purpose-built wall with internal PA system at 120+ decibels, 300 x 4000 x 150cm Photograph: Olivia Kwok Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne 15 Fecund: Fertile Worlds Katherine-based curator Clare Armitage presents m)HFXQG)HUWLOH:RUOGVnWKHíUVWH[KLELWLRQIURP the SPARK NT Emerging Curator Program initiated by Artback NT. Drawing on the connotations of fecundity, Armitage has selected works that are connected by notions of fertility in the natural world. This exhibition brings together artists from the Northern Territory and Australia, presenting a collective response to life, death and renewal. Talitha Kennedy’s anthropomorphic leather PDQJURYHVFRQîDWHWKHKXPDQDQLPDODQGSODQW while Nikala Bourke’s macroscopic photographs evince the otherworldliness of nature. Djirrajirra Wunungmurra’s Yukuwa yam paintings juxtapose the erotic works of Pony Express as sounds from &ODLUH%ULGJHnVíOPSHUPHDWHWKHVSDFH6KRZLQJDW Northern Centre for Contemporary Art until 14 April and touring the Northern Territory until March 2019. netsaustralia.org.au artbacknt.com.au Patricia Casey, Ebb and Flow, 2015, photography on cotton with embroidered detail, 72 x 90cm Courtesy the artist and Artback NT, Northern Territory 2018 Creative Exchanges Asialink Arts has announced a suite of creative exchange projects for 2018 through its Global Project Space (GPS) initiative. Chosen from an open call, 27 Australian artists and arts SURIHVVLRQDOVKDYHEHHQDZDUGHGRSSRUWXQLWLHVLQ$VLDZKLOHíYH$VLDQEDVHGDUWLVWVZLOOKHDG to Australia. Each recipient has been linked with one of over 40 global collaborators – spanning publishing houses, galleries, theatres, universities and arts residency spaces – to develop new works, expand their professional networks and strengthen Australia’s artistic reputation. Many of the projects explore pressing VRFLRHQYLURQPHQWDOLVVXHVDFURVVíOP performance, sound, visual art and writing. Director Sarah Bond comments, ‘the work being undertaken by the selected 2018 artists offers a subtle experiential approach to global engagement and alternate ways to look at everyday things anew.’ asialink.unimelb.edu.au Antony Hamilton and Melanie Lane in ‘New Creation’, Lucy Guerin Inc residency 2016 Photograph: Dian McLeod Courtesy the artists and Asialink Arts, Melbourne 16 APY Gallery opens in Sydney With shared ideas of creating new and lasting opportunities for Indigenous artists from remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands located in the Far North of South Australia, the APY Art Centre Collective of ten Indigenous owned and governed enterprises have recently launched the new APY Gallery at 45 Burton Street, Darlinghurst. This Aboriginal cooperative aims to support emerging APY artists to further develop their artistic skills and practices, engage with audiences on a broader scale, build strong networks within the arts, and provide them with the tools needed to work towards successful careers in their chosen íHOGVrFDUU\LQJZLWKWKHPWKHNQRZOHGJHSDVVHGRQE\WKHLUJUDQGSDUHQWVWKHVHQLRUPHQDQG women of the APY Lands. Throughout the year the APY Gallery’s exhibition program will showcase paintings, traditional punu (wood) carving, weaving, textiles, new media and digital photography. This month, until 14 April, ‘Malatja tjutangku ara irititja kunpungku kanyini – Old Knowledge, Young Blood’ presents a selection of artworks from across the APY Lands. Then from 19 April to 12 May ‘A Cowboy Story’ by artist, country