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Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6

1 - 4 October 1998

 

Media Release 1 May 1998

 

Australia's premier showcase of contemporary art - Sixth Australian Contemporary

Art Fair (ACAF 6)

 

Galerie Düsseldorf Stand

 

The Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair (ACAF 6), held biannually in

Melbourne for four days from 1 October, is Australia's premier showcase of

contemporary art and one of the major international arts events in the Asia Pacific

region.

Held at the historic Royal Exhibition Buildings, the event this year will be bigger

than previous Fairs with confirmation received from international galleries including

Gallery Nishimura (Japan), Gallery Gan (Japan), Gallery Lunami (Japan), Gallery

Yamaki (Japan), Wetterling Teo Gallery (Singapore), Park Ryu Sook Gallery

(Korea), Gallery Samtuh (Korea), Jean Art Gallery (Korea), Hansun Gallery

(Korea), Gow Langsford Gallery (New Zealand) and Tautai Contemporary Pacific

Art Trust (New Zealand).

 

Over 60 contemporary art galleries from Australia, Asia and the Pacific will

participate in ACAF6 representing over 800 leading contemporary artists including:

Arthur Boyd (Aust), Angela Brennan (Aust), Bill Henson (Aust), Emily Kame

Kngwarreye (Aust), John Nixon (Aust), Ken Whisson (Aust), Tracey Moffat (Aust),

Mick Namarari (Aust), Bronwyn Oliver (Aust), Mike Parr (Aust), Gloria Petyarre

(Aust), Gywn Hanson Piggot (Aust), Howard Taylor (Aust), Rover Thomas (Aust),

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (Aust), Chang-Sup, Chung (Korea), Park, Hong-Chun

(Korea), Kyung-Hee Shin (Korea), Sung Mook Cho (Korea), Ad Jong Park

(Korea), Chuck Close (USA), Dale Chihuly (USA), Robert Rauschenberg (USA),

Frank Stella (USA), Nakanishi Natsuyuki (Japan), Lucian Freud (Japan), Tokihiro

Sato (Japan), Tadasu Yamamoto (Japan), David Hockney (England), Shane Cotton

(NZ), Dick Frizzell (NZ), Paul Dibble (NZ), Fatu Feu'u (NZ), John Ioane (NZ),

and Kumari (Singapore).

 

New initiatives for the Fair include the Statements Section which will feature new

Australian commercial galleries: Goddard de Fiddes, (Perth), Gitte Weise Gallery,

(Sydney) and Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, (Melbourne).

 

ACAF was established in 1988 as part of Australia's bicentennial celebrations and is

a major initiative of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association (ACGA). All

galleries participating in ACAF are selected by a committee of members from the

association.

 

The Art Fair has an International Collectors Program, free Guided Tours, Forums

and Artists Talks, a Sculpture Program with a specially commissioned installation,

and the new Statements Section.

 

Title Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6 (ACAF6)

Dates 1 - 4 October, 1998

Venue Royal Exhibition Building, Nicholson St, Carlton

Enquiries 03 9482 5400

Web Page http://www.acaf.net

 

Components of ACAF 6

 

International Collectors Program

ACAF's International Collectors Program will feature leading collectors from

Europe, the United States and the Asia Pacific Region. The special program of

activities include: personal guided tours of the Fair; the Opening Night Gala;

meetings with Australian collectors, curators and directors of major cultural

institutions; and a hospitality program sampling Melbourne's fine food and wine.

 

The Heart Foundation 'Active for Life' Forums & Artists Talks 2-4 October

The Heart Foundation's series of free Forums & Artist Talks organised by Lisa

Warrener and Don Williams of Global Arts Projects includes: Collecting: Fashion or

Fancy-what makes a good collection?; The Public Purse-how does the collecting

practices of public institutions influence the taste and collecting habits of private

purchases of art; and Buying the Dreamtime - why is there so much interest in

indigenous art? On Sunday 4 October, Artists Talk About Inspiration, will feature

international and local artists.

 

The Heart Foundation 'Active for Life' Guided Tours

Guided tours for new collectors to learn more about the art exhibited and meet with

participating galleries will run daily.

 

Christine Abrahams Keynote Address

The inaugural Christine Abrahams Keynote Address, in recognition of the

significant contribution made by Christine Abrahams to the Australian Commercial

Galleries Association, ACAF and Australian art and artists, will be presented at 6pm

on 2 October.

 

Statements Section

ACAF 6 includes a new Statements Section which will feature new Australian

commercial galleries. They are Goddard de Fiddes, (Perth), Gitte Weise Gallery,

(Sydney) and Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, (Melbourne), and featuring works by

artists Cathy Blanchflower, Miriam Stannage, Trevor Vickers, Virginia Ward, Jock

Clutterbuck and Peter Clarke.

 

Sculpture Program

ACAF commissions a specific installation for the eastern nave of the Royal

Exhibition Building. This year, Australian sculpture, Neil Taylor will create 'The

Slumber Field' a gigantic structure utilizing several hundred mattress springs. Neil

Taylor has been exhibiting since 1975 both in Australia and overseas and is

represented in major public and private collections.

 

Australian Commercial Galleries Association (ACGA)

The ACGA is an industry association with a membership of the leading fifty-two

commercial galleries in Australia. Member galleries and non-member galleries from

Australia and overseas are eligible to participate in ACAF, as well as independent art

spaces, public galleries, art magazine stands etc. ACAF is supported by public

funding in Australia as government recognises the important role that commercial

galleries who represent contemporary art and living artists play in the development

and advocacy of contemporary art.

 

 

Media contact: Julie Morgan Marketing phone (613) 9696 5060.

 

Bronwyn Johnson

Director

 

Australian Contemporary Art Fair

PO Box 1251

Fitzroy North 3068

Victoria

AUSTRALIA

phone (61) (3) 9482-5400

fax (61) (3) 9482-2611

email: acaf@vicnet.net.au

web page: www.acaf.net/welcome.htm

 

Iain Reid.

www master, multi-media consultant.

 

On line May 22 1998

Update June 12, 1998

 

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