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ADELAIDE BIENNIAL 2018 DIVIDED WORLDS

WHEN LONGTIME DIRECTOR OF The Samstag Museum of Art, Erica Green, was given the opportunity to curate the Adelaide Biennial for 2018, her immediate response was to talk with the artists whose work mattered to her. “My curatorial method is anchored in the alchemy that springs from respectful dialogue with individual artists,” she explains.

“The starting point for an informal conversation with participating artists was my interest in the broad notion of ‘history’ and – in what now seems a common refrain in the milieu – of history’s vital influence and presence in our cultural practice and the development of ideas; in effect, a reminder for us to understand the heritage

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