ACCA @ MIRKA
AT TOLARNO HOTEL
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Sanja Pahoki
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From 23 June 2009
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Photographs depicting the extremities of life in Reykjavik by Melbourne artist Sanja Pahoki are the next to feature at ACCA @ Mirka. In this series Pahoki explores the intensity of Iceland’s weather cycles and the beauty of its all-too rare winter daytime light.
ACCA and Mirka at Tolarno Hotel have joined forces to bring contemporary art to the adventurous patrons of Melbourne's brightest new restaurant. In a series of four annual exhibitions which are set to change with the seasons ACCA will give four young Australian artists a unique chance to show their work in this exciting new satellite venue.
The Tolarno Hotel has always had a tradition of food and art. In the 1960s Georges Mora, restaurateur, gallery owner and curator, and his wife Mirka made the bistro and gallery one of Melbourne’s best loved cultural and culinary icons.
Visitors welcome and encouraged.
Admission is free.
Open from 10am to midnight daily
ACCA @ MIRKA is a collaboration between the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Mirka at Tolarno Hotel, presented by Sanpellegrino.
ACCA will curate four projects by emerging Australian artists each year, continuing the tradition of bringing great contemporary art to this unique and historic restaurant space.
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For further media information:
Katrina Hall - 0421 153 046, kathall@ozemail.com.au
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Mirka at Tolarno Hotel
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With the opening of Mirka at Tolarno Hotel Guy Grossi returns to the original kitchen in which he first started cooking the ‘sofrito’ with his father and Mirka Mora restores the joyous murals she painted in the main dinning room during the 60s. An amazing piece of Melbourne’s cultural and culinary history has come full circle launching an exciting new chapter in the life of a Melbourne icon.
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ACCA
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The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art is Melbourne’s leading contemporary art gallery presenting the most challenging, innovative and creative visual art of our time. ACCA brings the latest and most significant artwork by living artists from around the world to Melbourne audiences, and commissions new artworks by local and international artists.
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