ACCA Pop-up Program

Overview

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art has always supported new talent, and their latest pop-up program opening this Thursday, 20 August, is no exception.

Housed within a shipping container on the north forecourt of the gallery, this rotating exhibition will showcase the work of five young artists over the period of just five weeks. The artists featured will include Ander Rennick, Hanna Chatwin and the AFW, Meg Stoios, Cassandra Littlehands and Nick Chilvers. Monika Sosnowska’s Regional Modernities is currently showing in the main gallery too, so they’ll be in great company.

Nestled between the international powerhouse that is the National Gallery of Victoria, and the bohemian wonderland that is the Victorian College of the Arts — seriously, I’ve never seen so many flower crowns in my life — ACCA is really proving itself to be a perfect resource for discovering local and emerging talent like this.

Also, as much as I enjoy the tragic isolation of Ron Robertson-Swann’s Vault and the fact it’s now occasionally used as a skate ramp, it’ll be great to see the forecourt area being utilised. But honestly, when it comes down to it, nothing says ‘contemporary art’ quite like a pop-up gallery in a shipping container.

Artwork: Ander Rennick