Chaotic collages of smiling women and bedroom whispers that mask our darkest projections. Speed streaks that generate constant calls to action. Drawings that exude a yearning for liberation. Emancipation that never quite materialises.

Anna Park’s first museum exhibition outside the United States presents a new body of her signature large-scale black and white drawings that feverishly capture the spirit of contemporary life. Concerned with the perpetual visibility and alienated self-awareness prevalent in our times, Park is a major new figure in drawing today.

From this position, Look, look. Anna Park homes in on Park’s darkly humorous exploration of female identity through the lens of film and television. Having immigrated from South Korea to the United States as a child, Park’s earliest experiences of Western culture were shaped by current and past American screen stories and advertisements. Here, she combines these with common phrases and fragmented female figures sourced from mid-century advertisements, comic books, American pop culture and questionable historical texts. Familiar images collide with disjointed dialogue, speech bubbles and captions as Park departs from linear narrative to mirror the complex process of identity formation experienced during her formative years.

Look, look. Anna Park is curated by Rachel Ciesla, Lead Creative, SLF ICAA, and will be accompanied by a comprehensive events program and a new publication designed by Studio Lin and published by AGWA.

Opening Night, 6.30-9pm, Friday 19 April | FREE, bookings required
Join us to celebrate the first solo museum exhibition for Anna Park in Australia. This event is free to attend.

Artist Talk, 3-4pm, Saturday 20 April | FREE, bookings required
Anna Park will discuss her artistic practice and new body of work with exhibition curator Rachel Ciesla, Lead Creative, Simon Lee Foundation Institute of Contemporary Asian Art. This program is free to attend.

Anna Park X Wah-Wah X AGWA Fashion Event 6.30-9pm, Saturday 20 April | Tickets $50
AGWA launches a fashion first | Anna Park x WAH-WAH x AGWA. This VIP event will be hosted by Editorial Director of Vogue and Editor-in-Chief, Edwina McCann, and features a Q&A with WAH-WAH designer Kaylene Milner and artist Anna Park.
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Wah-Wah Australia | Pulse Talks 2-3pm, Sunday 21 April | FREE, bookings required
Our 2024 headline Design Store event features an up-close and personal moment rockstar fashion label WAH-WAH Australia and designer, Kaylene Milner.