Acute Actions: Responses To I Am Not A Virus (Part 2)

4A Gallery for Contemporary Asian Art is currently closed, given the latest Covid restrictions for the City of Sydney. Please stay tuned for updates and online events, as we monitor the latest health recommendations.

Acute Actions: Responses to I Am Not A Virus presents the work of twelve artists commissioned through Diversity Arts Australia’s I Am Not A Virus initiative. This joint exhibition selection with partner 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art represents a range of artistic practices and conceptual reflections; these include acts of processing and healing from the trauma of racial prejudice experienced by Asian people. Through ceramics, photography, performance, music, craft, and storytelling, these artists have wrestled with racial prejudice and reframed multiculturalism to reflect this new lived experience.

With our partner 4A, we have held the first project exhibition and several events as part of the Acute Actions: Responses To I Am Not a Virus exhibition (Part 1). Building upon this previous exhibit, Part 2 showcases the works of Jin Hien Lau, Nathan Liow, Zachary Lopez and Sweet and Sour Collective, who delve into distinct experiences informed by disconnection and isolation.