22nd Biennale of Sydney
Nirin
#NIRIN2020
JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2020
Experience the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, titled NIRIN
PLAN YOUR TRIP
Ibrahim Mahama, No friend but the mountains 2012-2020, 2020, charcoal jute sacks, sacks, metal tags and scrap metal tarpaulin, dimensions variable. Installation view (2020) for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, Cockatoo Island. Courtesy the artist; White Cube; and Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia. Photograph: Zan Wimberley
PLAN YOUR TRIP
● Art Gallery of New South Wales
1 June – 27 September 2020
● Artspace
1 June – 27 September 2020
● Campbelltown Arts Centre
1 June – 11 October 2020
● Cockatoo Island
16 June – 6 September 2020
● Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
16 June – 6 September 2020 (TBC)
Curatorial Statement
Brook Andrew
Artistic Director
The urgent states of our contemporary lives are laden with unresolved past anxieties and hidden layers of the supernatural. NIRIN is about to expose this, demonstrating that artists and creatives have the power to resolve, heal, dismember and imagine futures of transformation for re-setting the world. Sovereignty is at the centre of these actions, and shines a light on environments in shadow. I hope that NIRIN gathers life forces of integrity to push through often impenetrable confusion.
Optimism from chaos drives artists in NIRIN to resolve the often hidden or ignored urgency surrounding contemporary life.
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Available online! Purchase a copy of the official catalogue for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020), titled NIRIN.