INTERSECT
Art et al. X APA
Collingwood Yards, Melbourne
3-25 September 2022
Art et al. is proud to announce its second Australian exhibition, Intersect at Arts Project Australia, Melbourne. The exhibition will feature new international commissions, collaborations, and artists engaged with over the last 18 months. Intersect will also present a selection of curated video works introducing our 2022 programming ‘UK x Australia x Indonesia’, a year-long collaboration with Indonesian organisation Ketemu.
Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, FF Gaiden: Escape, 2017, installation view, 'Untitled: Art On The Conditions Of Our Time', New Art Exchange, Nottingham. Photo: Bartosz Kali
Art et al.'s exhibition, Intersect, will present work from three continents by neurodivergent, intellectually and learning disabled artists, alongside their non-disabled peers. An exhibition focus will be the artworks produced during our final 'UK/AU Season of Culture' Peer/Peer collaborations – digital residencies pairing international artists with and without disabilities. Another focus will be revisiting artists featured in commissioned writing by Jennifer Higgie, Ella Fleck and Katrina Schwarz.
Celebrating the diversity of cultures, exhibiting artists will include Holly Stevenson, Georgia Szmerling, Matt Robertson, Lala Nurlala, Matthew Clarke, Samraing Chea, David Blandy, Larry Achiampong and John Powell-Jones. Select exhibiting artists' work with the following supported studios: Arts Project Australia, Melbourne; ArtGusto, Geelong; and Submit to Love, London.
Art et al.'s projects for Intersect have been supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, the British Council through their International Collaboration Grants, the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Aesop Foundation. Art et al. is founded by Arts Project Australia, Jennifer Lauren Gallery, and Slominski Projects, with thanks to curator Katrina Schwarz for inspiring the launch of Art et al.
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