when: 06 November 2021 - 13 February 2022 | venue: Art Gallery of NSW | cost: Free | address: Art Gallery Road, Sydney NSW 2000 | website: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/family/ | tickets: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/family/
published: 31 Oct 2021, 5 min read
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Guest curated by Franklin Sirmans, the director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Family: Visions of a Shared Humanity presents an important exhibition of video works by some of the most internationally renowned artists of our time.
Family invokes the humanity of the world as interconnected by shared concerns. When we are all facing attack by both an invisible virus and a highly visible pandemic of social injustice, can we find deeper meaning in the term 'family', as it pertains to humanity globally?
This moment, marked in the United States and beyond by a litany of recent killings of Black people, has also seen courageous activism and coalition-building through recognition of the intersectionality of race, gender and disadvantage.
Family brings together an epic suite of powerful works, many never seen before in Australia - by leading artists such as John Akomfrah (Ghana/UK, 1957), Garrett Bradley (USA, 1986), Stan Douglas (Canada, 1960), Theaster Gates (USA, 1973), Arthur Jafa (USA, 1960), Kahlil Joseph (USA, 1981), Isaac Julien (UK, 1969), Steve McQueen (UK, 1969) and Carrie Mae Weems (USA, 1953). Together, these pieces - mostly in the democratic medium of video - open a conversation by asking: how do we see each other?
The exhibition is accompanied by a range of public programs with diverse creative practitioners that draw attention to local perspectives, including workshops, talks and music.
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Guest curated by Franklin Sirmans, the director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Family: Visions of a Shared Humanity presents an important exhibition of video works by some of the most internationally renowned artists of our time.
Family invokes the humanity of the world as interconnected by shared concerns. When we are all facing attack by both an invisible virus and a highly visible pandemic of social injustice, can we find deeper meaning in the term 'family', as it pertains to humanity globally?
This moment, marked in the United States and beyond by a litany of recent killings of Black people, has also seen courageous activism and coalition-building through recognition of the intersectionality of race, gender and disadvantage.
Family brings together an epic suite of powerful works, many never seen before in Australia - by leading artists such as John Akomfrah (Ghana/UK, 1957), Garrett Bradley (USA, 1986), Stan Douglas (Canada, 1960), Theaster Gates (USA, 1973), Arthur Jafa (USA, 1960), Kahlil Joseph (USA, 1981), Isaac Julien (UK, 1969), Steve McQueen (UK, 1969) and Carrie Mae Weems (USA, 1953). Together, these pieces - mostly in the democratic medium of video - open a conversation by asking: how do we see each other?
The exhibition is accompanied by a range of public programs with diverse creative practitioners that draw attention to local perspectives, including workshops, talks and music.
Go see Family: Visions of a Shared Humanity 2021.
Family: Visions of a Shared Humanity 2021 is on 06 November 2021 - 13 February 2022. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Sydney. Call 1800 679 278 for details. Visit their website at https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/family/.
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