Upcoming Public Programming
In Conversation with John Young Zerunge
Recovering Art
Dax Main Gallery
Thursday 13 August 2-3pm
One of the pre-eminent Asian-Australian artists of his generation, John Young Zerunge will discuss his series Time's Slow Passing on display as part of Recovering Art with exhibition curator, Andy Butler.
Time's Slow Passing responds to the diary of Jong Ah Siug, held in the State Library of Victoria. Ah Siug arrived in Victoria in the 1850s to find gold. After a fight with another miner, he was committed to Yarra Bend Asylum. In his diary, he taught himself English in an attempt to exonerate himself. Young's work meticulously recreates pages from Ah Siug's diary, bringing together migration, racialised politics and institutionalisation, grounding this history in one of Victoria's earliest asylums.
Image: John Young Zerunge, Time's Slow Passing #8 from the series Time's Slow Passing, 2023, etching and lithography on rag paper, 44 x 38 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Where: The Dax Centre, Kenneth Myer Building, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC
When: Thursday 13 August, 2-3pm
Tickets: Free. RSVPs are essential.
The gallery is fully accessible.
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