Haroon Mirza: The Construction of an Act

 

Haroon Mirza: The Construction of an Act is the first solo exhibition in Australia by acclaimed London-based artist Haroon Mirza, bringing new commissions into dialogue with re-presentations of recent work to provide a choreographed experience of the artist’s diverse interests and applications across the last decade.

Featuring full-colour documentation of all the works in the exhibition including documentation of the live performance by local and international collaborators Jessica Aszodi, Chess Boughey, Julie Cunningham, Alexander Garsden, Sarah-Jane Lewis, Tom Mclean, James Rushford, Freya Schack-Arnott and Carolin Schnurrer.

The catalogue includes a foreword by ACCA’s Artistic Director and CEO Max Delany, a curatorial essay by Annika Kristensen alongside a newly commissioned text in collaboration with Liquid Architecture with writers in residence Chi Tran and Arben Dzika as well as new texts by Elizabeth Neilson, Director of Zabludowicz Collection, London and Haroon Mirza in conversation with James Rushford.