Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Curated by Lucy Latella
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Imbued with cultural and religious symbolism, Busuttil’s assemblages consider memory and tim to explore her personal identity. Here, a salvaged fishing boat takes the form of a grotto, or shrine, with a bench where visitors can sit and reflect. Encrusted with seashells, sinner grotto evokes Bussutil’s late father’s work as a fisherman, as well as his sea voyage from Malta to Australia.
New works made by the artist in Malta draw on a range of religious, historical and po culture references, reflecting the small nation’s long history under various colonial powers They also reference the melding of cultural and contemporary influences that continue to shape young people in Malta and across the diaspora.
Photograph by Zan Wimbley
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Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Curated by Lucy Latella
Primavera: Young Australian Artists showcases the work of Australian artists aged 35 years and under. In its 33rd year, curator Lucy Latella brings together five artists who consider the possibilities of cultural connection in the face of social, political and geographical challenges.
Through acts of exchange with family, community and technology, Teresa Busuttil (SA), Chun Yin Rainbow Chan (陳雋然) (VIC), Aidan Hartshorn (ACT), Monica Rani Rudhar (NSW) and Sarah Ujmaia (VIC) question how cultural identities are shaped and held, and how they continue to evolve with each generation.Imbued with cultural and religious symbolism, Busuttil’s assemblages consider memory and tim to explore her personal identity. Here, a salvaged fishing boat takes the form of a grotto, or shrine, with a bench where visitors can sit and reflect. Encrusted with seashells, sinner grotto evokes Bussutil’s late father’s work as a fisherman, as well as his sea voyage from Malta to Australia.
New works made by the artist in Malta draw on a range of religious, historical and po culture references, reflecting the small nation’s long history under various colonial powers They also reference the melding of cultural and contemporary influences that continue to shape young people in Malta and across the diaspora.
Photograph by Zan Wimbley
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“Teresa Busuttil [...] attempts to better understand the migrant flow across bodies of water. Her practice has been defined by interpreting and experimenting with what holds and hosts memory. Moving between film and sculpture, Busuttil’s material exploration has focused on blurring the lines between history and lore, revisiting sites of experience and connecting them to broader notions of time, ritual, migration and assimilation.”
Myth and Memory - Rayleen Forester
“Making is Busuttil’s way of understanding and shaping her personal and familial identity. She is a collector and a magnet for the pretty and kitsch, creating instinctively and for her own delight.”
Forming the present — Lucy Latella
https://youtube.com/shorts/FiwR-6fRfUc?si=fUThHJAcrSwLTk2o
“Teresa Busuttil [...] attempts to better understand the migrant flow across bodies of water. Her practice has been defined by interpreting and experimenting with what holds and hosts memory. Moving between film and sculpture, Busuttil’s material exploration has focused on blurring the lines between history and lore, revisiting sites of experience and connecting them to broader notions of time, ritual, migration and assimilation.”
Myth and Memory - Rayleen Forester
“Making is Busuttil’s way of understanding and shaping her personal and familial identity. She is a collector and a magnet for the pretty and kitsch, creating instinctively and for her own delight.”
Forming the present — Lucy Latella
https://youtube.com/shorts/FiwR-6fRfUc?si=fUThHJAcrSwLTk2o