Current Media Releases - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

CURRENT MEDIA RELEASES

Click on image for full media release. JUDITH VAN HEEREN @ MIRKA AT TOLARNO HOTEL Judith Van Heeren has created seven new paintings inspired by museum specimens, taxidermy and the impact of the drought for the next exhibition at ACCA @ Mirka, open from 19 August 2008. Click on image for full media release. LOOK WHO'S TALKING SPECIAL KEYNOTE LECTURE Professor Elizabeth Grosz World-renowned contemporary feminist and philosopher Professor Elizabeth Grosz will deliver a keynote lecture in the Australian Centre for Contemporary Arts ‘Look who’s Talking’ series, complementing Lyndal Jones Darwin with Tears exhibition. Click on image for full media release. ROSSLYND PIGGOTT Extract: in 3 parts Australian artist Rosslynd Piggott will continue to question the idea of perfection and purity in the next Helen Macpherson Smith Commission exhibition, opening from 1 August. Extract: in 3 parts is a major new work employing film, painting and sculpture across three galleries, and sees Piggott continue her ongoing exploration of the micro-world of nature, the elements and life itself. Click on image for full media release. JIM LAMBIE Eight Miles High Scotland’s ‘rock’n’roll artist’ Jim Lambie will turn ACCA’s main gallery into a psychedelic environment with one of his signature floor-works and assorted sculptures. Inspired by Glasgow’s club and music scene in which he is an integral part, Lambie transforms artspaces into multi-coloured or black and white ‘opti-delic’ shifts.