ARTBAR curated by Jess Olivieri
Jess Olivieri riffs on the Biennale theme 'all our relations' with Wrong Solo and Karaoke Massage. And her mum.
Overview
First came the Art Gallery of New South Wales' Art After Hours series. Then the City of Sydney's Late Night Library evenings, and the cavalcade of gourmet all-hours food trucks. Now it seems Sydney has a new witching hour institution.
The MCA's response to the city's craving for grown-up late nights is ARTBAR, a slate of talks, installations, screenings and one-off performances programmed by guest curators on the last Friday of the month. The all-you-can-eat combo of drinks, DJs, live art and harbour views has proved a winning one: the nights continue to sell out. All these civilised small bars and intelligently curated nights are worlds away from the smokey, brawling pubs and tepid 7-Eleven meat pies of the old city's nightlife. Perhaps Sydney really is growing up.
ARTBAR's house guest this month is Jess Olivieri, who featured in the MCA's Primavera 2011 show of young contemporary artists and this year's Contemporary Australia: Women at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art. Expect a riff on the Biennale's theme 'all our relations', with Olivieri enlisting her own family (biological and artistic), including Wrong Solo and Karaoke Massage. And her mum. Get your tickets early — this'll sell out.
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