us. universal stories is one of three exhibitions marking the reopening of Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery as MAC: Museum of Art and Culture yapang, Lake Macquarie. Its place in this trio firmly reinforces our commitment to contemporary curatorial and arts practice over the past two decades and into the future.
Through art we can discover so much about the culture, ideas, people, lives, places and issues of the time. Contemporary artists will also leave their mark on history by producing material culture that interprets and critiques what is happening now, to us. This is at the heart of us. universal stories a sensitive account of what is happening to the planet and how we, as humans, can come together to share concerns, feelings and a firm determination to secure the future of humanity.
Pictured above: Sam Jinks, The Deposition, 2017. Silicone, fabric, hair and pigment, 94 x 100 x 68cm
Pictured below: Chiharu Shiota, State of Being (Tenor Horn) 2011. metal frame, thread, tenor horn, 70 x 45 x 45 cm
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1A First Street , Booragul 2284