Event [POSTPONED] Yhonnie Scarce: Missile Park

[POSTPONED] Yhonnie Scarce: Missile Park

Exhibition Opening

17 July 2021
4–6pm

  • Event Cost:
    Free

Unfortunately due to the growing COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne and continuing restrictions in Brisbane, we have decided to postpone opening events for Yhonnie Scarce’s exhibition Missile Park.

Join us for the opening of Yhonnie Scarce: Missile Park. Featuring a major new commission and drawing upon existing works over the past fifteen years, the IMA and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, have collaborated to present a major survey exhibition of leading contemporary artist Yhonnie Scarce.

Throughout the opening day hear from the artist and curators before joining us for the official opening celebrations from 4pm.

Opening Day Events:
1.45pm: Missile Park Book Launch
2.30pm: Yhonnie Scarce, Liz Nowell, Max Delany, and Lisa Waup in conversation
4–6pm: Official Opening

Yhonnie Scarce is known for her sculptural installations which span architecturally scaled public art projects to intimately scaled assemblages, replete with personal and cultural histories. Scarce is a master glass blower, which she puts to the service of spectacular and spectral installation full of aesthetic, cultural and political significance. Her work also engages the photographic archive and found objects to explore the impact and legacies of colonial and family histories and memory.

Capacity is limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. Registrations are essential. Visiting guests’ attendance are subject to change, pending travel restrictions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this exhibition contains images of deceased persons.

Accessibility information:
We are committed to making the IMA accessible to people of all abilities, their families, and carers as well as visitors of different ages and different backgrounds. There is wheelchair access and an accessible toilet with baby changing facilities also located on the ground floor and we welcome guide and support dogs. To find out more contact us at ima@ima.org.au or call 07 3252 5750. Read our access information for visitors here.

COVID safety advice:
—Stay at home if unwell or have a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath.
—If you become unwell during the event locate an IMA staff member.
—Maintaining physical distancing is the individual’s responsibility.

Yhonnie Scarce, 'Prohibited Zone, Woomera', 2021, research photograph. Courtesy the artist and THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne.

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