Curator of the 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art Erica Green has announced the names of the 30 leading Australian contemporary artists and collectives have been selected for the next instalment of the Adelaide Biennial – the country’s longest-running survey of contemporary Australian art.
Tamara Dean, Elephant ear (Alocasia odora) in Autumn from the series ‘In our nature’, 2017, pure pigment print on cotton rag, 45 x 60cm. Courtesy the artist and Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney. This work was made in April 2017 in the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Delivering new and unexpected visions in mediums such as photography, painting, sculpture, installation and the moving image will be artists from all corners of the country including:
Vernon Ah Kee (QLD), Lisa Adams (QLD), Roy Ananda (SA), Daniel Boyd (NSW), Kristian Burford (SA), Maria Fernanda Cardoso (NSW), Barbara Cleveland (NSW), Kirsten Coelho (SA), Sean Cordeiro + Claire Healy (NSW), Tamara Dean (NSW), Tim Edwards (SA), Emily Floyd (VIC), Hayden Fowler (NSW), Julie Gough (TAS), Ghostpatrol (VIC), Amos Gebhardt (VIC), Timothy Horn (VIC), Louise Hearman (VIC), Ken Family Collaborative (SA), Lindy Lee (NSW), Khai Liew (SA), Angelica Mesiti (NSW), Patrick Pound (VIC), Patricia Piccinini (VIC), Pip + Pop (WA), Khaled Sabsabi (NSW), Nike Savvas (NSW), Christian Thompson (VIC), John R Walker (NSW) and Douglas Watkin (QLD).
Titled ‘Divided Worlds’, the 2018 Adelaide Biennial presents an allegory of human society, one that meditates on the drama of the cosmos and evolution; on the past and the future; and on beauty and the environment. Green says, “the curatorial premise, divided worlds, recognises that we live in troubled times, however, rather than foretelling conflict, my focus has been on assembling an exhibition that celebrates the enduring role of art and culture. ‘Divided Worlds’ offers an opportunity to experience an alternative dimension – one where “difference” is the natural order of things, and a strength to be celebrated.”
The ‘2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Divided Worlds’ is showing from 3 March to 3 June 2018 as part of the Adelaide Festival. Extending across Adelaide’s cultural precinct, North Terrace, the biennial will be presented at four venues; the Art Gallery of South Australia, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art at the University of South Australia, JamFactory and Santos Museum of Economic Botany in the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
