Artspace Visual Arts Centre
visual arts center in Sydney, Australia
Artspace, officially Artspace Visual Arts Centre, is an independent, not-for-profit, and non-collecting residency-based contemporary art centre. Artspace is housed in the historic Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo, fronting Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia. In December 2023, Artspace reopened following a transformation into a multi-platform contemporary art centre, with expanded exhibition spaces and an increased number of rent-free artist studios.
History
Artspace was established in 1983 as an artist-run gallery with a focus on the presentation of contemporary and experimental art. Founded in response to commercial galleries and major national collecting institutions, Artspace was conceived as an alternative exhibition space committed to working with emerging and early-career artists. It is devoted to the development of certain new ideas and practices in contemporary art and culture.
Artspace was originally located at 11 Randle Street, Surry Hills, a former hat factory built in 1912. This building was destroyed in a major fire in 2023. Artspace opened at its Surry Hills location with its first major exhibition ‘A Different Perspective’ curated by Terence Maloon in conjunction with the Multicultural Artists Agency. In its early years, Artspace exhibited works by then-early career artists including Mikala Dwyer, Rosemary Laing, Lindy Lee, Banduk Marika, Tracey Moffatt, John Nixon, Michael Riley, Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula.
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