Fantastic write up in @artguideau by Briony Downes.
We can't wait to present new work by Daniel Agdag, Atong Atem, Julie Irving, Tony Lloyd, Dani McKenzie and Jason Sims at Sydney Contemporary
Image: Tony Lloyd, Mass Movement, 2018, oil on linen, 61 x 122cm
Congratulations to Tony Lloyd who has been shortlisted as a finalist for the R & M McGivern Prize 2019 with Mass Movement.
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Congratulations to Sophia Hewson who has been shortlisted as a finalist in The Darebin Art Prize.
Exhibition Opening | Friday 6 September | 6-8pm
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Congratulations to Damien Shen who was selected as a finalist in the The Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) exhibition. These awards showcase the very best of Australian Indigenous art from around the country and demonstrate the richness and diversity of current contemporary Indigenous artistic practice, and the pre-eminence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, nationwide, within the visual arts.
Image: Simon Finn, Dwelling schematic – Stage 1 [detail], digital image, 2019.
We are excited for Simon Finn's upcoming exhibition 'Breath-hold dwelling' which takes place at Linden New Art from 7 September - 10 November 2019.
Opening night: Friday 6 September, 6-8pm
Stephen Haley, Take Away II, 2019, Oil on Linen, 137 x 183 cm
Congratulation to Stephen Haley who has been announced as a finalist for The Arthur Guy Memorial Prize. Impressively, Haley has been selected for every prize since it was first established in 2003.
Documentation by Hamish Ta-Me
(L to R) Daniel Agdag, The Storm House, 2019, cardboard, trace paper, mounted on timber base with hand-blown glass dome, 58.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm. Daniel Agdag, The Southeasterly, 2019, cardboard, trace paper, mounted on timber base with hand-blown glass dome, 58.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm
Artist and filmmaker Daniel Agdag, who creates works from his studio in South Yarra has been awarded a public art commission for a New York City public school opening in September 2022. He will be creating a new, permanent site-specific artwork for the school’s lobby. The commission is in collaboration with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art program for the New York City Department of Education.