ACCA’s annual showcase of emerging talent was curated by ACCA’s Coordinating Curator, Anna MacDonald. Anna selected seven artists who each created new commissioned projects for ACCA’s spaces. Artists were from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. NEW08 demonstrated the growing interest in anthropological and optical minimalism evident in Argyle, Jones and Selig’s works, and the persistence of symmetry in the works of Bond. Hinkley’s meticulous hand drawn blemishes asserted the analogue over the digital, de Vietri activated performative procedures, while Knight examined the erotic potential of photographic forensics.
Exhibiting Artists: Daniel Argyle, Chris Bond, Matt Hinkley, Jonathan Jones, Paul Knight, Sandra Selig, Gabrielle de Vietri
Commissioning Curator: Anna Macdonald
Publication
NEW08
In the Press
7 March, The Age, Old records in frieze frame
12 March, The Age, From life to death it's all symmetrical
15 March, The Age, Everything old is NEW again
19 March, Herald Sun, She's worth watching
March, Art World, NEW08 The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art announces the seven artists for this year's NEW exhibition
30 April, The Age, New coat of paint through media mix
April, Broadsheet, Politics of the nanogesture
