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May 14, 2018

21st Biennale of Sydney – one month countdown

The 21st Biennale of Sydney, SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement, has entered its final month and will conclude on Monday 11 June 2018. With 70 artists from 35 countries presented across seven venues across inner Sydney, the art team at Biennale Principal Partner TWT Property Group offers tips on how to explore the exhibition over a weekend.

The guide is for Biennale visitors wishing to experience a taste of all seven venues with suggestions from Ariel Zhang, Manager of Arts Initiatives at TWT and Natalia Bradshaw, TWT’s Art Advisor and Curator.

Ariel Zhang, Manager of Arts Initiatives at TWT identified her must-see work as Law of the Journey, Ai Weiwei’s vast 60-metre long inflatable boat located downs the steps in the docks precinct: “Filled with 258 sculptures of anonymous refugees, it is created from the same material used for the vessels that ferry refugees across the Mediterranean Sea to Greece. Take time to read the quotes on freedom, to breath in the heady smell of rubber, and to take note of the conversations – some fraught, some dejected — happening between the still, silent figures.”

Natalia Bradshaw, TWT’s Art Advisor and Curator noted Ciara Phillip’s work as a favourite: “I loved Ciara Phillips’s Workshop which transforms an entire room in the MCA into a printing workshop where members of the community are invited to make art alongside the artist. Not only is the workshop an opportunity to be playful, it also has a serious remit: to comment on the historical use of printmaking politically.”