Meet the five up-and-coming artists featured in Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists at the MCA
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Meet the five up-and-coming artists featured in Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists at the MCA

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From its inception, the Snowy Hydro Scheme was billed as a nation-building project. It's one of the artworks featured in Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. A living ancestor The four aluminium diamond shields that make up Hartshorn's work — representing the artist and his three sisters — speak to familial connections, inheritance and the idea of protection. A Wiradjuri motif Yiramir Mayiny builds on Hartshorn's previous work, including his 2024 commission for My Country at the NGV, an installation of 16 diamond-shaped glass shields representing the 16 Snowy Hydro dams. An installation view of Primavera 2024: Young Australian Artists at MCA Australia showing works by Aidan Hartshown and Sarah Ujmaia.

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