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SAM Talks: Jason Phu, in conversation
24 November 2022
In conversation with Jason Phu and SAM curator Jess O’Farrell. In this hour-long discussion, we will dive into Jason’s Art Wall commission Some of the things that have come and gone with the waters. Jason will situate this work within his broader practice and speak to the process of developing works of this scale.
SAM Level 4
5:30-7pm
About the Artist
Jason Phu (b. 1989 Sydney) is a practising artist working across a wide range of media and based in Sydney, New South Wales. He studied at the University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Sydney; and at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada. Phu won the prestigious Sir John Sulman Prize in 2015, and has been a finalist in the Archibald, Sulman and Ramsay Art Prizes. Recent exhibitions include Like A Wheel That Turns: 2022 Macfarlane Commissions, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2022); The Way We Eat The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2021); Parade for the Moon, RISING Festival, Melbourne (2021); Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2018). He is represented by STATION Gallery, Melbourne; and Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney.
Image credits
Image 1: Jason Phu you can only know people as much as you know yourself (and you don’t know yourself at all you idiot) 2019
ceiling paint, house paint, Golden acrylics, 90 x 120 cm. Image courtesy Station Gallery.
Image 2: Jason Phu i waited for you ten thousand years, i forgot to tell you before i left, where i would be waiting, but you should have shown, 2019. indian ink on linen, 90 x 120 cm. Image courtesy Station Gallery.
Image 3: Jason Phu I saw you yesterday, why would I need to see you again today? 2019
Golden acrylics on linen, 90 x 120 cm. Image courtesy Station Gallery.
Image 4: Jason Phu. Image courtesy of the artist.