William Yang Joe 1979
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Volume One: MCA Collection 2011 Australia
ink on gelatin silver photograph Museum of Contemporary Art, purchased 1999 Image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art,
Sydney © the artist
Volume One: MCA Collection
MCA - Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday 31 March 2012 to Monday 31 December 2012
Exhibition
currently on
at
MCA - Museum of Contemporary Art
in
The Rocks precinct,
New South Wales,
Australia
The MCA is the only museum in Australia dedicated to exhibiting and collecting contemporary art. In March 2012, the Museum will open Collection Volume 1, which presents a narrative of contemporary Australian art over two floors.
This new exhibition will reflect the changes and currents of Australian contemporary art and cultural life over the past 20 years. These trends include the dynamic interplay between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists; the consolidation of film and video practice from a marginal to central position; the emergence of diverse cultural voices; as well as ephemeral and performative practices. It will also include references to the MCA ’s exhibition and collecting history.
Selected by MCA Curator Glenn Barkley, Collection Volume 1 draws upon iconic and well-known works; surprising pieces from the Museum’s extensive collection of Australian art in all media, as well as new acquisitions. The presentation will be centred on specific themes, for example portraiture and abstraction, or ideas of medium and materiality, such as light. Other groupings explore broader ideas such as mythology, landscape or movement.
Location
MCA - Museum of Contemporary Art140 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney Harbour foreshore at West Circular Quay
The Rocks Precinct
New South Wales
Australia
