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25.01.2022 Did you know that Lindy Lee’s early works were inspired by her first visit to Europe in 1976 at age 22? Making a work with multiple copies was a way of exploring the idea of what it means to make an original work of art. This led her to think about her own ‘authenticity’ as an Australian Chinese woman, growing up between cultures, and began her exploration of her identity through her art. Plan a day trip to the MCA this weekend, we are open from 10am5pm. #LindyLee #ilovesydn...ey Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Lindy Lee, White Sacrament, 1985, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, National Gallery of Australia, gift of the Philip Morris Arts Grant 1988, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera; Lindy Lee, The Silence of Painters, 1989, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, photocopy, synthetic polymer paint on paper, Museum of Contemporary Art, gift of Loti Smorgon AO and Victor Smorgon AC, 1995, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
24.01.2022 Whip out your art supplies and unearth your creative potential because Sundown Sketch classes are moving online . Experiment with approaches to mark-making as you’re led by MCA artist educators through a series of exercises inspired by Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, all from the comfort of your home. These interactive online drawing classes will be held via Zoom on the 4 Nov and 2 Dec and are suitable for any experience level, aged 18+. Paper and drawing materials are essential. https://bit.ly/2HyiXtw Image: Life drawing class, MCA ARTBAR curated by Jonny Niesche, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2018, photograph: Sam Whiteside
23.01.2022 ‘Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions’ is now showing in our Level 1 South gallery. The exhibition draws from the MCA’s collection of works by artists who have participated in Primavera, and responds to the coronavirus outbreak. ‘Anywhere but here’ borrows its title from a work by Matthew Griffin. As a throwaway statement, it’s something any one of us might mutter under our breath in the present moment. Restlessness is one of many responses we could land on, as our e...motions fluctuate along with the news cycle. Experience it for yourself, we are open Tuesdays to Sundays, 10am5pm: https://bit.ly/2GKPuLW 'Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions' is proudly supported by @Qantas. Image: Installation view, Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, featured: Paul Knight, Untitled, 2007, chromogenic print, framed, Museum of Contemporary Art, purchased with funds provided by the Coe and Mordant families, 2007, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
22.01.2022 ‘Jumaadi on making art and the beauty of pineapples’. ‘Connected: MCA Collection’ artist, Jumaadi speaks about his studio practice in Australia and Indonesia, with a focus on his recent acquisitions that are currently on display. 'I often use two figures or two objects together, almost embracing but also almost departing... I like the idea of that'. Jumaadi. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3f8gGBD See the full scale of Jumaadi’s ‘Siapa yang menjelma sungai & siapak...ah perampoknya [And who is the river and who are the thieves]’ at the MCA this weekend. We are open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am5pm. Connected: MCA Collection is proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Jumaadi, Siapa yang menjelma sungai & siapakah perampoknya [And who is the river and who are the thieves] (detail), 2019, acrylic on cotton cloth primed with rice, Museum of Contemporary Art, purchased with funds provided by the MCA Foundation, 2020, image courtesy and the artist
21.01.2022 The Aspire Awards are a national award program which recognises the professional and advocacy contribution that people who identify with a disability have given to Australian people. Today we celebrate Angie Goto who has been nominated in the visual, music and performing arts category! Angie is one of our specially trained artist educators who identify as deaf and run guided tours of exhibitions using Auslan (Australian Sign Language). She also works across a range of learnin...g programs, enabling the hearing community to see Auslan in action at the MCA. The winners will be announced at the end of October 2020, good luck Angie! Image: Angie Goto, in front of Fiona Hall, 'Manuhiri (Travellers)', 2014-2015, installation view, MCA Collection: Today Tomorrow Yesterday, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2016, collection of driftwood from Waiapu River, Aotearoa, New Zealand, Museum of Contemporary Art, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Judith Neilson, 2016, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera
21.01.2022 COMPETITION Have you had a chance to enter our lifetime membership competition? We are giving away 20 lifetime memberships at the MCA! You’ll have unlimited free entry to our major exhibitions, discounts, special events and behind-the-scenes access. Enter now: https://bit.ly/38BZjIi Competition closes Sun, 29 Nov.... Celebrating 20 years in partnership with Telstra. Image: Installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020. Featured: Lindy Lee, No Up, No Down, I Am Ten Thousand Things, 1995/2020, inkjet print, synthetic polymer paint, ink on Stonehenge paper; Zip Zero Zilch, 1995, synthetic polymer paint, oil, wax on hardboard, Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of Sue Griffin 2009, image courtesy the artistand Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
21.01.2022 Tucked around the corner of our gallery in Level 1 South is Matthew Griffin's work 'Anywhere but here', an artwork that reflects the experience of working from home in isolation. A plastic chair leans precariously on an op shop dolphin ornament and recalls a reclining bored white-collar worker counting down the hours. Above the sculpture, you'll notice Emma White's replicas of everyday objects that are made from modelling clay. These casual expressions, 'Time's a wasting' and 'Don't waste another minute' sustain our anxieties around time and productivity. Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions is proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Installation view, Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
21.01.2022 This is your last chance to grab tickets to see In Conversation: Lindy Lee! The talk is tonight, from 67:15pm. Online & onsite tickets available: https://bit.ly/3mqBmIe Image: Lindy Lee at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 2020, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art, photograph: Anna Kucera
21.01.2022 Laugh, shimmy and play! Bring the entire family along and participate in our inclusive and collaborative family tours. Our artist educator will guide your family through Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, stopping at a few key artworks to have a closer look and partake in some creative learning activities that the whole family will enjoy. Tickets available now for 31 Oct, 12 Nov and 12 Dec via https://bit.ly/2HiG3nH. To follow COVID-19 safety guidelines, each tour is limited... to two families with a maximum of 5 people per family. All ages are welcome, including the young at heart! Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: MCA Contemporary Kids event 2017, featuring: Jon Campbell, Absolutely Disgusting, 2017, installation view, MCA Collection: Jon Campbell, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2017, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Jessica Maurer
20.01.2022 Keg de Souza's 'Impossible Utopia' is inspired by architect Buckminster Fuller's (18951983) geodesic dome. The artist's inflatable dome is constructed from hundreds of discarded umbrella skins stitched together, with the original function of protection and shelter, like Fuller's previous design, which was a solution to the post-war housing crisis. The dome, which at present cannot be entered due to hygiene and social distancing measures, is lit from within. It points to the ...physical limitations brought about by COVID-19, which makes us acutely aware of how we are prevented from being together - something we are all missing living through a pandemic. Find out more about the work in our Stories and Ideas interview with the artist, via https://bit.ly/3515dzk. Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions is proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Keg de Souza, 'Impossible Utopia', 2011, installation view, Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, nylon, lightbox: screenprint on acrylic, Museum of Contemporary Art, purchased with funds provided by the MCA Foundation, 2018, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
19.01.2022 Pop into the MCA this weekend and experience the work of influential Australian Chinese artist, Lindy Lee, who has taken over our Level 3 gallery. We are open on Saturday and Sunday, from 10am5pm. Closed on Monday. You’ll be mesmerised by her reflective, meditative works and her spectacular array of processes. Take a look at our two beautiful Collection shows in our Level 1 galleries, ‘Connected: MCA Collection’ and ‘Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions’. #LindyLee... #DNSW #Ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Connected: MCA Collection and Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions is proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney and the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera
19.01.2022 Visit Lindy Lee’s studio on Arakwal Country (Northern Rivers, NSW) and the UAP workshop and foundry on Turrubul Country (Brisbane, QLD) in our immersive 180-degree video at the MCA’s Digital Studio, as part of ‘Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop’: https://bit.ly/3jyiWCS. Watch Lee and her studio assistants working on the major new installation, ‘Moonlight Deities’, and go inside the foundry as she pours molten bronze to create a series of shimmering sculptural works. Plan a day tr...ip to the MCA, we’re open Tuesdays to Sundays, from 10am5pm. #LindyLee #ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Immersive Studio: Lindy Lee, 2020, installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
19.01.2022 Taking art into the classroom! Artist Educator Athena, the MCA's Education and Digital Learning teams have been busy developing a free set of early childhood, primary and secondary activities and class kits on Lindy Lee's artworks for you to access online: https://bit.ly/2HwRzMw Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Preparations for Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop at the MCA, 2020, photograph: Jean-Pierre Chabrol
18.01.2022 Today, on Remembrance Day, we would like to take a moment to think about those who have given their lives in the line of duty. Cornelia Parker’s ‘War Room’ invites us to think about those who died during World War I. Some of you may remember this work is made up of the paper offcuts of poppies to mark this day. The individual holes are each an absence representing one human life. Image: Cornelia Parker ‘War Room’ 2015, installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2019, perforated paper negatives left over from production of remembrance poppies, image courtesy the artist, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Frith Street Gallery, London the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
18.01.2022 Sending some TLC via the mail? We've got just the thing. Purchase a beautiful box set of 12 greeting cards with envelopes featuring the work of master bark painter, and senior elder of the Manharrngu clan of central Arnhem Land, David Malangi Daymirringu (19271999) at the @mca_store_australia. Donated to the MCA in 1993, they form part of the Arnott's Biscuits Collection that includes over 260 significant Aboriginal bark paintings from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Available online and in-store. Click and Collect available. Shop: https://bit.ly/3jZ30dX Image: David Daymirringu, Mortuary rites for Gurrmirringu the great ancestral hunter (detail), circa 1969, ochres on bark, Museum of Contemporary Art, gift of Arnott's Biscuits Ltd, 1993, image courtesy and the artist
17.01.2022 Bede Tungutalum’s art making is centred around the strong carving tradition that exists in early Tiwi contemporary art practice and continues today. He learned carving from his father, the well-known sculptor Gabriel Tungutalum. This tutini (pole) is the largest ever made by the artist and incorporates natural ochres and earth pigments sourced on Bathurst Island. Tutini are an important aspect of the traditional Pukumani (funeral) ceremony, one of two major ceremonies of grea...t significance to Tiwi culture. Pukumani is the final ritual that farewells the deceased through song and yoyi (dance) and safely sends their spirit to rest back on Country. The artist's work is now showing as part of our new Collection show, Connected: MCA Colelction. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am5pm. Find out more about the work: https://bit.ly/2HoKzRc Connected: MCA Collection is proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Bede Tungutalum,Tutini (Pukamani Pole), 2019, installation view Connected: MCA Collection, MCA 2020, earth pigments on ironwood (Casuarina sp.), Museum of Contemporary Art, purchased with funds provided by the MCA Foundation, 2020, image courtesy and Bede Tungutalum/Copyright Agency, 2020, photograph: Jessica Maurer
16.01.2022 In less than two weeks, creative Jeff McCann will be leading a zoom workshop, ‘Wearables from your recycling’ exclusively for MCA Members (and guests!). You’ll be able to make a statement necklace from materials destined for your recycling collection. All you need is a few simple items found at home to create your own unique wearable item (it could even be a Christmas gift for a loved one). The workshop is on Sunday, 22 Nov. Members, book your tickets : https://bit.ly/3eKrupr Become an MCA Member for special events like this and much more. Image: Jeff McCann’s wearables, 2020
15.01.2022 'Art has an extraordinary job. It allows us to reflect on who and what we are, how we’re connected to the world.' Lindy Lee #WorldMentalHealthDay Image: Lindy Lee, Birth and Death, 2003, installation view, Campbelltown Art Centre, 2007, synthetic polymer paint, inkjet print on Chinese accordion books, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Robert Scott- Mitchell
14.01.2022 MCA Youth Committee member Amy recently took over MCA GENEXT's Instagram to celebrate the National Week of Deaf People. A week that honours Deaf culture and language, and raises awareness about social inclusion and communication barriers. Over 5 days, Amy posted Auslan (Australian sign language) signs inspired by works in the MCA Collection, as well as spotlighting some Australian and international and deaf creatives. Amy also hosted a short but fascinating interview with MCA Artist Educators Angie Goto and Sue Wright. https://bit.ly/2Foqf1Z Image: 2020 MCA Youth Committee member Amy demonstrates the Auslan sign for ‘S’ during a workshop at GENEXT: The National 2019, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2019, photograph: Maja Baska
13.01.2022 ‘Anybody who has to declare they belong, doesn’t belong’. Lindy Lee. Come to the MCA and experience 'Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop'. Now open. https://bit.ly/30soyI6
12.01.2022 Last chance to get 15% off our kids range at the MCA Store. Adventure into space with a puzzle that’s the perfect fit for the family these school holidays with the MCA Store. Enter ‘CREATE’ at checkout or mention it at the counter in-store. Shop online: https://bit.ly/36MdxoT *Excludes sale items. Cannot be used in conjunction with other offers. Applies to kids’ products only. Offer is valid until 11 October 2020.... Image: MCA Store’s kids products, 2020, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, photograph: Daniel Boud
12.01.2022 Announcing the curators and exhibiting artists for The National 2021... The National 2021 will showcase 39 new and commissioned works by leading contemporary Australian artists from across the country including urban and regional centres, as well as remote communities such as the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY Lands), Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land, the Zendah Kes (Torres Strait Islands), and Belyuen, on the northwest coast of the Northern Territory. It will... be curated by MCA Chief Curator, Rachel Kent; AGNSW Curator of Asian art, Matt Cox with AGNSW Assistant Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Erin Vink; independent curator for Carriageworks, Abigail Moncrieff. View the full list of exhibiting artists here: https://bit.ly/35yTj0N Image: Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Antara, 2019, synthetic polymer paint on linen, image courtesy the artist and Mimili Maku Arts the artist, photograph: Angus Webb; Mehwish Iqbal, Assemblage of the Fragmented Landscape (detail), 2020, silk screen, etching, collagraph, drawing, hand embroidery, 24k silver leaf on paper, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Mim Sterling; Mulkun Wirrpanda, Pardalotes (detail), 2020, earth pigment on board, private collection, Sydney, image courtesy the artist and Buku-Larrgay Mulka Centre, Northern Territory the artist
12.01.2022 Fulfill your wish list at the MCA Store this festive season with plenty of ideas to make the holidays at home creative. Choose handpicked gifts from the best of Australian and international artists and designers, some exclusive to the MCA! Every gift gives twice with all purchases supporting the MCA and celebrating the work of living artists. Raise a smile from your loved ones and give creatively this year. Shop now: https://bit.ly/3402WEB Making an online order? Be sure t...o hope online and place your order before or on Fri 11 Dec to make sure your gifts are delivered on time. For click & collect place your order on or before Wed 23 Dec, the Museum and Store will be open until 5pm on 24 Dec. Images: Museum of Contemporary Art Store, 2020, photograph: Anna Kuera
12.01.2022 Heading to see ‘Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop’ this weekend? Don’t miss our exclusive range of exhibition products available in the MCA Store, including this beautiful 'True Ch'ien' 100% linen tea towel. A reproduction of ‘Small Hearts Find Each Other #1’. Shop now: https://bit.ly/37Ryaiz Image: Museum of Contemporary Art Store, 2020, photograph: Anna Kuera
11.01.2022 Calling mini art lovers! Join MCA artist educators for a fun and interactive audio-described tour of ‘Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop’. Throughout this tour, you will be in the galleries making and playing with materials in response to key artworks, listening to the artist’s voice, and connecting through tactile and sensory engagement. Spaces are limited to please be sure to book: https://bit.ly/368A9iw Image: Lindy Lee, Doctrine of the Golden Flower, 2003, installation view..., Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, inkjet print, synthetic polymer paint on paper mounted on board, collection of The University of Queensland, gift of Lindy Lee through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera See more
11.01.2022 The MCA is pleased to announce that Kenan Namunjdja has won the Primavera Veolia Acquisitive Art Prize 2020. Since 2002 Veolia has annually selected one artist and work from the MCA’s 'Primavera: Young Australian Artists' showcase to add to their holdings. Namunjdja’s practice is intimately connected to his country, family and knowledge of Kuninjku cosmology and law. Namunjdja draws upon the Djang (totemic beings, sacred sites and ceremonial designs) of the Kardbam clan esta...te to create paintings and sculptures which interweave rarrk (cross-hatching) and figuration to create rhythmic compositions. From a young age, Namunjdja was trained by his father, artist Bulanj S. Namunjdja (19652018). Namunjdja continues his strong legacy while innovating with new design elements and subject matter from his mother’s lineage. Image: Artist Kenan Namunjdja, featuring, left to right: Samuel Namunjdja and Kenan Namunjdja, Kunkurra (spiral wind) and Kalawan (goanna), 2018; Kenan Namunjdja, Mandjabu Kurdukkurduk, 2019, installation view, Primavera 2019: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2019, earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta), image courtesy the artist Kenan Namunjdja/Copyright Agency, 2019, photograph: Anna Kuera
11.01.2022 Did you get a chance to see ‘In Conversation: Lindy Lee’? Hear from the artist as she discusses her major survey exhibition with curator and MCA Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE. Watch the full interview: https://bit.ly/2IJq5DI Experience ‘Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop’, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am5pm. #LindyLee #ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. ... Image: Lindy Lee meditating in her studio, Sydney, 2014, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Lee Nutter
11.01.2022 [MCA Moments] ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness’ was the largest exhibition of work by Edward and Nancy Reddin Keinholz in Australia and the UK since 1971. Edward Keinholz rose to prominence in the city of Los Angeles at the time of the Beat era, a rapidly developing scene later associated with the beginnings of Pop Art. The works in this exhibition contrasted the packaged soup cans and shiny new surfaces associated with the Pop Art of Warhol and Lichtenstein. The... installations and sculptures incorporate used personal items laced with memory, such as old photographs and pieces of torn cloth that confront the issues a society might choose to ignore, or shy away from. The artist’s extraordinary ability to implicate and compel the viewer to bear witness was their legacy to the new generation. Each week we are sharing some of the #MCAmoments that stick in our minds and we would love for you to share your memories too by commenting below. #YourMCA Image: Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Its Not My Fault, 2004, KIENHOLZ, MCA, 2005, image the artist; Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, The Ozymandias Parade, 1985, tableau, Collection of the artists, installation view, KIENHOLZ, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2005, image the artists; Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, The Hoerengracht, 1983-88, tableau, Collection of the artist, installation view, KIENHOLZ, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2005, image the artists; Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, The Merry-Go-World Or Begat By Chance and the Wonder Horse Trigger, 1988-92, tableau, Collection of the artist, installation view, KIENHOLZ, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2005, image the artists
09.01.2022 COMPETITIONWin a lifetime membership at the MCA! You’ll have unlimited free entry to our major ticketed exhibitions, discounts to our events, and behind-the-scenes access. We are giving 20 lifetime memberships away. Sign up for a chance to win: https://bit.ly/34K5NRP Celebrating 20 years of partnership with Telstra. Competition closes Sun, 29 Nov. T&Cs apply.... Image: Front to back: Lindy Lee, Open as the Sky, 2020, mirror polished bronze; Under the Shadowless Tree, 2020, synthetic polymer paint, beeswax, oil on Alucabond, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, image courtesy the artist and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
09.01.2022 Another year around the sun, that’s right, the MCA turns 29 today! We would like to thank you all for being such an important part of the Museum, our community means so much to us. Millions of you have walked through our doors since we originally opened in 1991, you have made us the most visited contemporary art museum in the world! Image: Anish Kapoor, Sky Mirror, 2006, installation view, Anish Kapoor, MCA, 2012, image courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery the artist, photograph: Alex Davies
09.01.2022 Have you seen the incredible process behind Lindy Lee creating her bronze works? The artist must be suited up in an armour of protective clothing, which allows her to ‘fling’ the red-hot molten bronze onto the concrete floor of the foundry, where she is casting her sculptures. This act of pouring to make the work has a random quality as she cannot control the shapes. The process of flinging the bronze and the transformation of metal into sculpture is another aspect of her exp...loration of time. Come along to see the final piece up close and wander into our Immersive Studio next door to see footage of the artist making her flung bronze works at the UAP Foundry. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3dq3APo #LindyLee #DNSW #Ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Lindy Lee, Buddhas and Matriarchs, 2020, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, flung bronze, image courtesy the artist and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera
09.01.2022 The story of true Ch’ien is a kan, a story that challenges thought and is used by Zen Buddhists during meditation. It is a fable about a young woman whose life takes two different paths at the same time. In one life, she resists her father’s wish to marry her to an older man and runs away with her true love Wang-Chau. Years later they return to the family only to find that her father thinks that Ch’ien took to her bed when Wang-Chau left and has lain there ever since, close ...to death. At this moment the two different versions of Ch’ien become one. For the artist, this story articulates her struggle with her ‘split’ identity: Australian and Chinese, about wanting to be one thing which requires you to leave something else behind. Slow down and experience this powerful work for yourself at the MCA. We are open all weekend, from 10am5pm. #LindyLee #ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Lindy Lee, True Ch'ien, 2018, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, inkjet print, ink, fire, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
08.01.2022 Get the holiday season all wrapped up with the MCA Store's holiday gift guide. We have inspiring ideas to make your holidays at home creative. Think handpicked gifts from the best of Australian and international artists and designers, some exclusive to the MCA! Shop online: https://bit.ly/32WvxdD Don't miss our holiday shopping weekend from Friday 27 Sunday 29 November (online and in-store) with 15% off* for everyone and a special 20% off* for MCA Members. Image: Museum of Contemporary Art Store, 2020, photograph: Anna Kuera
08.01.2022 Gift an MCA Membership this holiday season! Give unlimited free entry to our major ticketed exhibitions, discounts at the MCA Cafe and MCA Store, behind-the-scenes tours, special events, and much more. You'll also be supporting the art you love during this challenging time, helping us continue to present incredible exhibitions and creative learning programs. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3gAzPwD Image: MCA Members, 2016, photograph: Jacquie Manning
08.01.2022 Installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, featured: Unnameable, 2017/2020, mirror polished bronze; Under the Shadowless Tree, 2020, synthetic polymer paint, beeswax, oil on Alucabond, image courtesy the artist, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney and Singapore, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, with the assistance of UAP and the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera
08.01.2022 Big news! American artist Doug Aitken is coming to the MCA next September (!!!). Get ready to be immersed within a kaleidoscope of moving imagery and sound. Aitken is internationally recognised for his ambitious practice that incorporates objects, installations, photographs and vast, multi-screen environments. Based in Los Angeles, Aitken has realised museum projects around the world as well as monumental interventions within the natural landscape and below the ocean’s surf...ace. It will be his first major solo exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere, as part of the Sydney International Art Series 202122. The exhibition is curated by MCA Chief Curator, Rachel Kent. Open 24 September 2021, exclusive to Sydney. A big thank you to Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW for their support. #DNSW #Ilovesydney Image: Doug Aitken, SONG 1, 2012/2015, installation view, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2015, commissioned, with generous production support, by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, courtesy the artist; 303 Gallery, New York; Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich; Victoria Miro Gallery, London; and Regen Projects, Los Angeles the artist, photograph: Norbert Miguletz
07.01.2022 Did you know this work was made especially for our exhibition? In ‘Moonlight Deities’, Lindy Lee creates a shadow world where you can experience the flux and flow of time through the interplay of ephemeral shadows and solid shapes in space. Dgen, the Buddhist philosopher poetically describes human life as ‘beings of time’ Every breath, every movement, is the enactment of time. Take time for yourself this weekend, we’re open from 10am5pm. #LindyLee #ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Lindy Lee, Moonlight Deities, 201920, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, mixed media, image courtesy the artist and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Ken Leanfore
07.01.2022 Are you dancing like nobody's watching? Whether it's alone or for thousands to watch on TikTok, we've all busted a move or two during the pandemic. Hiromi Tango's, 'Dance' (2014) recalls many of the homemade dance videos that have emerged during lockdown on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. The work appeals to the therapeutic effects of movement and reflects the artist's broader interest in promoting mental and physical wellbeing. Originally made following a larger inst...allation produced for our Jackson Bella Room Commission, the work weaves together many of the original components, including children's toys, plastic flowers, pompoms, baubles and other trinkets, to create a garland-like assemblage. Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions is proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Hiromi Tango, 'Dance', 2014, installation view, Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, neon sign, woven material, wool, toys, Museum of Contemporary Art, donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the artist, 2015, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
07.01.2022 Join our artist educator-led tour for adults who are blind or have partial vision. Experience key works from Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop and engage in a series of activities using a range of tactile objects. After the tour partake in an informal discussion about Lee’s incredible practice and the themes of culture, art history, identity and the cosmos. Spaces are limited, lock in your place now for the 28 November at 11am. Visit https://bit.ly/3fjGYkC. Image: Installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020. Featured: Lindy Lee, Unnameable, 2017/2020, mirror polished bronze, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
06.01.2022 'Lindy Lee's survey of 40-years celebrates universal respect and acceptance for all.' https://bit.ly/3nVa2Ts
05.01.2022 Cheeky, energetic and full of life. Dion Beasley's prints record the everyday interactions between the local 'cheeky dogs' around his home of Tennant Creek, and surrounding Mulga Camp, Lake Nash and Canteen Creek in the Northern Territory. The artist creates his drawings entirely from memory, recreating past confrontations with ease and humour, and taking great care to replicate the distinct markings of each dog. Beasley's local knowledge and strong ties to the animals and th...e community present an opportunity to rethink our own connection to place, given the current restrictions. Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions is proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Dion Beasley, installation view, Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera See more
04.01.2022 Lindy Lee has brightened up our forecourt with her beautiful sculpture ‘A Secret World of a Starlight Ember’. Have you had a chance to see it? The artist explores our connection to the cosmos, inspired by her Buddhist practice. The shape of ‘A Secret World of a Starlight Ember’ is egg-like: eggs are about beginnings the beginning of life itself. At night, the work emanates light shimmering like star dust, throwing shadows beneath it. It hovers in space, drawing people to...ward it, transforming the public space. #LindyLee #DNSW #Ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Lindy Lee, Secret World of a Starlight Ember, 2020, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, stainless steel, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Ken Leanfore
04.01.2022 It’s official! We have opened the doors to ‘Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop’. Lose yourself in shimmering, meditative and thought-provoking works in the artist’s largest survey exhibition to date, which draws on her experience of living between two cultures. Wander around our Level 1 galleries to experience our two new beautiful Collection shows that are also open today. #LindyLee #DNSW #Ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner T...elstra. Our Collection shows are proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020. Featured: Unnameable, 2017/2020, mirror polished bronze; Conflagrations from the end of time series, 2011, paper, image courtesy the artist, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney and Singapore, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, with the assistance of UAP and the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera
04.01.2022 [MCA Moments] Colour was significant in James Angus’ 2006 exhibition at the MCA, which presented an in-depth survey of his works from the mid 1990s to then. From the neutrality and timelessness of white to the use of bright colour or contrasting dark and light timbers. Each drew attention to the pure ‘objectness’ of the works of sculpture as sculpture, not an imitation of life. Does anyone remember his installation at the Sydney Opera House, alongside our exhibition? The ...inverted hot air balloon blew us away! Each week we are sharing some of the #MCAmoments that stick in our minds and we would love for you to share your memories too, tag @mca_australia or comment below. #YourMCA Image: James Angus, Rhinoceros, 1995, installation view, James Angus, MCA, 2006, Art Gallery of South Australia, gift of Helen Brown, 1996, image courtesy and the artist; James Angus, Shangri-La, 2002, installation view, Sydney Opera House Foyer, 2006, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Greg Weight
04.01.2022 ‘It is absolutely critical that institutions create sustainable pathways for other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the arts to ensure authentic representation and interpretation of ourselves across all forms of our cultural material. This is mandatory to address the imposed identities and histories placed upon us by the dominant culture in this country.’ Clothilde Bullen, MCA Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Exhibitions. Grab a copy of Vogue Australia to read the full article! Image: Clothilde by @anamara_art, image courtesy the artist
04.01.2022 LAST CHANCEThis is your final opportunity to enter our competition and go into the running to win a lifetime of art! We are giving away 20 lifetime memberships at the MCA to celebrate 20 years of partnership with @telstra. You’ll receive free entry to all ticketed exhibitions, special events, discounts and more. Enter now: https://bit.ly/38BZjIi. Competition closes on 29 Nov. Keep an eye on your emails on Monday to see if you're a winner. Image: Lindy Lee, Secret World of a Starlight Ember, 2020, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, stainless steel, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Ken Leanfore
03.01.2022 You can still grab tickets to see In Conversation: Lindy Lee online! Hear from the influential Australian Chinese artist as she discusses her major survey exhibition with curator and MCA Director, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE. Wed 7 October, 67:15pm. Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/2R45Ilo Image: Lindy Lee and Elizabeth Ann Macgregor at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 2020, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art, photograph: Anna Kucera
02.01.2022 The MCA Store has been working on something special for November and NAIDOC Week. There's a refreshed shopfront window and a new range of exclusive products from the Tangentyere Artists, an Aboriginal owned Art Centre in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). View the range in-store and online now, including this stunning organic cotton t-shirt dress by Sally M. Nangala Mulda: https://bit.ly/2GWdqN6 Image: MCA Store, Sally M. Nangala Mulda, T-Shirt Dress, modelled by Savannah Briston, Country to Couture, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, 2019, image courtesy and the artist and Tangentyere artists, photograph: Dylan Buckee; and Sally M. Nangala Mulda, T-Shirt Dress
02.01.2022 We’re coming to the end of the lunar cycle, it’s the perfect time to slow down and reflect on what’s happened over the past month. Lose yourself in the work of Lindy Lee, take in shimmering, meditative and thought-provoking works. Take a moment for yourself this weekend, we are open from 10am5pm. #LindyLee #ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Lindy Lee, Listening to the Moon, 2018, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, stainless steel, image courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
02.01.2022 Taking over our Level 1 North gallery, ‘Connected: MCA Collection’ brings together a selection of works by Australian artists that explore ways in which we might interpret and interact with the world and each other. This exhibition takes us from rural southern New South Wales to the vast Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands, which span the central desert region of remote north-west South Australia, over to the east Kimberly region of Western Australia, up to Arnh...em Land in the Northern Territory, and across the seas to the Tiwi Islands, the Torres Strait, and beyond to Indonesia. Now showing from Tuesdays to Sundays, 10am5pm: https://bit.ly/33fMznv Connected: MCA Collection is proudly supported by Qantas. Image: Installation view, Connected: MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, image courtesy and the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera .
01.01.2022 Qantas turns 100 today! We are thrilled to be celebrating our long-time partner’s 100th birthday. Qantas has helped us take Australian art all around the world. Together, we have reached new audiences through initiatives like our collaboration with the Tate which supported research into Australian art and the co-acquisition of work, established in 2015 via a gift from the Qantas Foundation. ‘Successful partnerships are driven by passion. Qantas has been a long-term and loyal supporter of the MCA’. Elizabeth Ann Macgregor. Image: Gordon Bennett, Number Nine, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on linen, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Tate, purchased jointly with funds provided by the Qantas Foundation, 2016
01.01.2022 This powerful installation is part of ‘Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop’. It was made as a response to the death of Lindy Lee’s nephew Ben at the age of 22 and incorporates images of five generations of the artist’s family, alongside friends and beloved pets, at different moments of their lives. It is a memorial and reminder of the continuity of family, despite the tragedy of death at a young age. In this work the artist has given her nephew a place within the waves of generatio...ns. Head to mca.art on your phone to listen to our audio guide while wandering around the galleries. You can listen in Mandarin or English. #LindyLee #ilovesydney Lindy Lee is supported by Strategic Sponsor Destination NSW and Major Partner Telstra. Image: Lindy Lee, Birth and Death, 2002, installation view, Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2020, synthetic polymer paint, inkjet print on Chinese accordion books, Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of the artist 2014, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gitruefts Program, image courtesy the artist and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the artist, photograph: Anna Kuera
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