Eugene Carchesio in ‘The National 4: Australian Art Now’
The National is a biennial survey of contemporary Australian art. A partnership between four leading Sydney cultural institutions: the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C), Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA Australia), it brings together 48 new artist projects involving more than 80 artists across the Country.
For Eugene Carchesio, art, life, and philosophy are inextricably linked. Carchesio’s works for The National 4 are a continued exploration of entangled forces, which he first began interrogating in the 1980s. While the Brisbane-based artist is best known for his diminutive matchbox constructions and his colourful watercolours, he is also an established musician. In his practice, audio and visual artistic dialogues seamlessly feed into one another, revealing an intuitive and improvisational approach to art-making. The resulting works, influenced by simple yet profound observations of the world around him, carry a sense of rhythm whereby each work acts as a part in the overall, connecting composition.
We’re delighted to share that Eugene Carchesio will be exhibiting as a part of ‘The National 4: Australian Art Now’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Jane Devery.
The National is a celebration of contemporary Australian art. The biennial survey of contemporary art showcases works being made across the country by artists of different generations and cultural backgrounds. The National is a partnership between four of Sydney’s leading cultural institutions, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Carriageworks, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA Australia). The 2023 edition will be curated by Beatrice Gralton at the Art Gallery of NSW; Emily Rolfe at Campbelltown Arts Centre; Freja Carmichael and Aarna Fitzgerald Hanley at Carriageworks; and Jane Devery at the MCA Australia.
Image: Eugene Carchesio, ‘Works from the Museum of Silence’, 1991, 9.5 x 9.3cm.
See new works by Eugene Carchesio in Conscious Intuition. The exhibition brings together new sculptures by Carchesio, with paintings by Diena Georgetti. Often creating imagery within the formalist context of geometry and colour, intuition – the ability to understand something instinctively – plays a large part in each of their working processes.
Eugene Carchesio and Diena Georgetti Conscious Intuition Margaret Lawrence Gallery 6 September – 5 October, 2019
Eugene Carchesio in ‘reciproco/RECIPROCAL’, Carlton
A temporary, site-specific work by Eugene Carchesio will be installed at Brunetti Cafe as part of reciproco/RECIPROCAL. This multi-site exhibition brings together contemporary Australian artists of Italian origin with five contemporary artists from Italy to create new works in iconic venues of Carlton.
reciproco/RECIPROCAL Carlton, Melbourne 11 April – 2 May, 2019
