Richard Long

The term ‘desire lines’ refers to the wayward, improvised tracks created by walkers and others who defy the ways designed for them by urban regulators and councils. Sometime known as ‘goat trails’ they show the preferable path, and indicate our more maverick and intuitive navigations. Extrapolating from this premise, Desire Lines at ACCA took audiences […]

A month long program of performance-related exhibitions by a range of artists. Week 1: Stephen Woodrow Taylor (UK): The Living Paintings and Jill Orr: Photographic Survey of Site-Specific Performance 1978-1988...

...new or existing works that affirmed the identities of those at risk of AIDS.Presented as part of the Midsumma Festival, 1989. Linden Gallery also presented works as part of the exhibition.Curated by Chris McAuliffe, Richard Perram and others.Exhibiting artists: An open call...

...reproductions of work by Bruce Nauman, Samuel Beckett, Joan Jonas, Lawrence Weiner, Yvonne Rainer, Mel O’Callaghan, Robert Smithson, Tacita Dean, Richard Long, Rachel Lowe, Dan Shipsides, Shipsides & Beggs Project, Mercea Cantor, Paulien Oltheten, Francis Alÿs, Rodney Graham, Todd McMillan, Jochen...

...reproductions of work by Bruce Nauman, Samuel Beckett, Joan Jonas, Lawrence Weiner, Yvonne Rainer, Mel O’Callaghan, Robert Smithson, Tacita Dean, Richard Long, Rachel Lowe, Dan Shipsides, Shipsides & Beggs Project, Mercea Cantor, Paulien Oltheten, Francis Alÿs, Rodney Graham, Todd McMillan...

O’Callaghan, created a moving sculpture of rocks on ACCA’s forecourt. Inspired by Richard Long’s environmental object formations, O’Callaghan’s performance involved a dedicated team of performers moving a rock wall, stone by stone across the forecourt of ACCA — a sculpture in motion. Scottish artist...

During 1988 ACCA continued its focus on the presentation of work by emerging and established artists from Melbourne, interstate and overseas. Programming innovations for that year included Site of Execution, a series of week-long exhibitions by 28 young and emerging...

...monograph. To Pam Hansford who wrote the text and Ian Robertson who designed the book and poster. To Richard Perram, by opening night the second ACCA director, and Daniel Thomas who launched the show. To Robert Rooney for his thoughtful review. To my partner Christine Stokes for her always wise advice...

Richard Billingham: People, Places, Animals, installation view, ACCA, 2007. Courtesy ACCA...

Excerpts from an interview between Richard Perram (ACCA’s second Artistic Director, 1986-89) and Julia Powles (ACCA Archive Research Intern)Conducted on 6 May 2013 at Il Solito Posto, MelbourneTranscribed from audio to text in February 2014Julia Powles: So...

...painting will hang alongside contemporary video, sculpture and installation works in an exhibition that spans history and captures artists’ long-time fascination with the passage of life and death.Exploring the 2010 MIAF theme of spirituality, death and the afterlife, Mortality includes...