Sydney, National Biennial “The National 4: Australian Art Now” in Four Sydney Art Institutions.. and More
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National Biennial “The National 4: Australian Art Now” in Four Sydney Art Institutions
“The National 4: Australian Art Now” is currently on view in four Sydney art institutions. “The National,” now in its fourth year, is designed to showcase the diversity of Australia’s contemporary art scene by inviting artists from different generations and communities of Australian nationality.
The Biennial is a collaboration between four cultural institutions: the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Carriageworks, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA Australia), and Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C). Campbelltown Arts Center joined the partnership this year for the first time.
More than 80 Australian artists present 48 projects, artists ranging from established names such as Daniel Boyd (b. 1982), Brook Andrew (b. 1970), Abdul Abdullah (b. 1986), and Jo Lloyd (b. 1975) to those exhibiting at major institutions for the first time. Featured works range from immersive video work to performance art, sculpture, and large-scale installations. Not put into the unifying theme, the featured works are interconnected by broad themes such as intergenerational learning, the role of language, and the relationship between personal experience and the sociopolitical structure.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum: Henri Matisse Retrospective “The Path to Color”
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum presents “Henri Matisse: The Path to Color” through August 20. The exhibition is the first major retrospective of Matisse’s work in Japan in 20 years, with a large-scale loan of works from the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a leading figure in the French Fauvist movement of the 20th century, with his use of vivid colors and intuitive depiction of form greatly influencing his era and after. In addition to paintings, the exhibition includes sculptures, drawings, prints, cut-outs, and works related to his later Venice’s Rosario Chapel design project, featuring key works from every stage of the artist’s career.
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Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art Exhibits 12 Photographers From WANA Region
The Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar, presents “I am the Traveler and Also the Road” through August 5. The exhibition presents 12 photographers working in West Asia and North Africa. The artists range from young photographers born in the 90s to longtime photojournalists. The participating artists are recipients of the Sheikh Saoud Al-Thani Project Award, hosted by Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar in 2021 and 2022 to support local photographers.
Fatema Bint Ahmad Al-Doh captures the rituals and living conditions of the Kalash people of Pakistan, and Hayat Al-Sharif captures the daily lives of local women in Yemen amidst famine, war, and pandemics. Shaima Al-Tamimi captures family portraits, histories of migration, and cultural memories as a Yemeni woman. Samar Sayed Baiomy investigated the destruction of the fishermen’s village of El Max in Alexandria, Egypt, documenting it through photography, oral histories, archives, and fieldwork. Salih Basheer documented the 2021 coup and revolution in Sudan, Mohammed Elshamy documented the August 2013 Egyptian revolution and massacre, and Reem Falaknaz captured social and psychological landscapes in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Rula Halawani recalls her childhood memories of Palestinian wildflowers to capture the old landscapes of Palestine that have been replaced by Israeli settlements. Mona Hassan has been documenting for two years an Arab nomadic tribe that has moved across Egypt’s governorates in search of pasture for their livestock. Fethi Sahraoui captures dreamy, subjective impressions of social landscapes, while Abdo Shanan photographs Algerians participating in the ‘Hirak’ nonviolent civil resistance movement that has been ongoing since February 2019.
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