Jason Phu’s ‘Dreams of a cicada, waking in the summer heat’ exhibiting at Canberra Art Biennial
We are delighted to announce Jason Phu’s exhibition, ‘Dreams of a cicada, waking in the summer heat,’ is now showing at ANCA, presented in partnership with Canberra Art Biennial.
Part play, part storytelling, part dreamscape, ‘Dreams of a cicada, waking in the summer heat’ provides a loose retelling of Shakespeares Midsummers Nights Dream, a tale of the irrationality of love and desire, the fine balance of the order and chaos of nature, and the blurring of dreams and reality. The work is also heavily influenced by The Story of Stone (Dream of the Red Chamber 1763) and other folk tales.
Dates:
Exhibition opening: Thursday 1 October 6-8pm
On view: 1-26 October
ANCA gallery hours: Fri-SUN 11-4pm
Image: Jason Phu, ‘The Marriage Parade (where our two protagonist catch a glimpse of one another), The fleeting happiness that is a whole life time, a blip to a dying sun, an eternity to a fruit fly,’ 2026, acrylic on polycotton, 280 x 180 cm
Courtesy of the artist and CHALK HORSE.