Jason Phu in The National 4: Australian Art Now

JASON PHU

The National 4: Australian Art Now

Jason Phu’s new body of work ‘frog band plays in a frog pub to small frogs in the frog swamp at the beginning of time’ launches as part of The National 4: Australian Art Now

Jason Phu tells stories about daily life. Working across many forms, Phu plays with language and symbolism taken from contemporary and traditional cultures to create work that is unapologetically personal, fantastical and irreverent. In ‘frog band plays in a frog pub to small frogs in the frog swamp at the beginning of time’, Phu conflates memes, cartoons, and Chinese and Vietnamese proverbs to create a shrine to this creature. Phu’s funny frog story encourages us to tell a story of our own

The National is Sydney’s largest biennial survey of contemporary Australian art. A collaboration between four major cultural institutions, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, the  exhibition is staged concurrently at each venue and explores the latest ideas and forms in contemporary art today.

Open at Carriageworks from 1 Apr – 25 June 2023

245 Wilson Street Eveleigh

frog band plays in a frog pub to small frogs in the frog swamp at the beginning of time’, Mixed media, installation sound, dimensions variable

Collaborators Michael Blake and Belinda J Dunstan

Music Producer/composer: Vincent Goodyer

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