Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
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| Established | 1942[1] |
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| Location | Adelaide, Australia |
| Director | Liz Nowell[2] |
| Curator | Logan Macdonald[2] |
| Website | http://www.cacsa.org.au/ |
The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA) is an art museum and art space located in Adelaide, Australia. The CACSA is one of Australia's most prominent contemporary art organisations,[3] and its mission is "promote, develop and support contemporary art practice and critical thinking through South Australian, national and international exhibitions, publications, debate and associated activities."[1]
The CACSA was established in 1942 as the Contemporary Art Society as a breakway from the Royal Society of Arts.[1] Today, the CACSA is one of the 12 members of the national Contemporary Art Organisations of Australia (CAOS).[4] The CACSA also publishes the quarterly art journal Contemporary Visual Arts and Culture Broadsheet,[5] and the journal is currently in its 44th year of publication.[5] CACSA has also undertaken regular large scale survey and multi-sited survey's of contemporary South Australian art as part of the CACSA Contemporary series including CACSA Contemporary 2010: THE NEW NEW, CACSA CONTEMPORARY 2012: NEW SA ART + IBIDEM: PUBLIC ART PROJECT and CACSA Contemporary 2015. CASCA also provides an space to predominantly emerging and experimental arts practice as part of the Project Space exhibition program.
References
- 1 2 3 "About". The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia.
- 1 2 "CACSA 2015: Staff". The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia.
- ↑ "Art and AsiaPacific: Issues 33-36". Fine Art Press. 2002: 19. ISSN 1039-3625.
- ↑ "Members". Contemporary Art Organisations of Australia (CAOS).
- 1 2 "BROADSHEET". The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia.
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