Exhibition Opening: Justine Youssef: All Blessings, All Curses

SYD. THURSDAY 1 NOV – 6.00-8.00PM

Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Chair of the Board of 4A, and
Mikala Tai, Director of 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
invite you to join us at the opening of:

Justine Youssef: All Blessings, All Curses
Exhibition opening: 6-8PM, Thursday 1 November
To be officially opened by artist Lindy Lee.

You are invited to join 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art on Thursday, 1 November as we open the exhibition Justine Youssef: All Blessings, All Curses.

All Blessings, All Curses presents recent and newly commissioned works by Sydney-based artist, Justine Youssef. Born in the heart of Western Sydney, Youssef’s practice explores the stifling white heat of global xenophobia with deeply personal and universal ruminations that layer the smell, sights and textures of her ancestral homeland, Lebanon.

This opening event starts at 6:00PM with drinks and an opening address.

Click to RSVP to this special event by Friday 19 October.

Exhibition runs 2 November – 16 December 2018.
Curated by Mikala Tai. Curatorial Assistant Tian Zhang.

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Image above: Duha Ali and Justine Youssef, 2018, Kohl (still), single channel video, 4:18; courtesy the artists.

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is an initiative of the Asian Australian Artists Association Inc. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Commonwealth Government through the Visual Art & Craft Strategy and the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body; the NSW Government through Arts NSW and the City of Sydney. CHAMPIONS; The Neilson Foundation. CHAMPIONS: The Neilson Foundation. PRINCIPAL PATRONS: Sue Acret & James Roth; Oranges and Sardines Foundation; The Sky Foundation; Ah Xian & Ma Li. PATRONS: Geoff Ainsworth AM; Edmund Capon OBE; AM; Daniel & Lyndell Droga; Richard Funston & Kiong Lee; Johnson Pilton Walker; The Keir Foundation; John Lam-Po-Tang Vicki Olsson Adrian Williams BENEFACTORS: Brooke & Stephen Aitken; AMP Foundation; Andrew Cameron; Julia Champtaloup and Andrew Rothery; CHROFI; Konfir Kabo; Lisa Paulsen; Penelope Seidler; AM; Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO; Dr Dick Quan; Dr John Yu AC. FRIENDS: Michael Alvisse; Professor Ien Ang; Michael Boston; Simon Chan Art Atrium; Dakota Managment; Maree and Andrew Di Pasquale; Barbara Flynn; Andrea Fraser; Michael Hobbs; Mabel Lee; Andrea Larkin; Susan Nathan; James Roland; Dr Gene R. Sherman AM; Brian Sherman AM; James Roland; Aaron Seeto and Jane Somerville; Becky Sparks; Maisy Stapleton; Ursula Sullivan + Joanna Strumpf; Abdullah M I Syed; Victoria Taylor; Rosie Wagstaff; Anna Waldmann; Sean Woon; Fung Yeh Lee and Ngar-yi Ho; John Young and Kate Mizrahi. PARTNERS: CAOA - Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia; AEGEUS; Art Monthly Australasia; D.A.M; Vault Magazine. 4A would like to acknowledge the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which our Sydney gallery is situated. 4A pays respects to Elders past and present.