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Louisa Bufardeci Australia & Japan(from the series Some Material Flags) 2008 seersucker fabric 26 flags Image courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney © the artist
Louisa Bufardeci Team Joy 2004 mixed media installation, acrylic paint on wood and nails, adhesive labels information sourced from www.cia.gov dimensions variable Image courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney © the artist Originally commissioned by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art for Cycle Tracks will Abound in Utopia, 2004
Louisa Bufardeci Recent Plans for the Equal Distribution of Equality (Internet) 2008 digital prints Image courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney © the artist
Louisa Bufardeci Ground Plan 2003 wall painting dimensions variable Image courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney © the artist
Zon Ito Big Footage (video still) 2006 DVD Courtesy the artist and Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo © the artist
Zon Ito Slanted Woods 2006 embroidery on fabric, wood frame The National Museum of Art, Osaka Museum Collection Courtesy the artist and Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo © the artist
Zon Ito The End of the Neighborhood 2000 embroidery on fabric, wooden frame Courtesy the artist and Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo © the artist
Zon Ito Traveling in the Shallows 2000 embroidery on fabric, wooden frame Courtesy the artist and Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo © the artist
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Louisa Bufardeci & Zon Ito



28 July - 25 October 2009

This exhibition is the fourth in a series of ‘international pairing’ projects, and presents the work of Australian artist Louisa Bufardeci alongside Japanese artist Zon Ito. Spanning sculpture and installation, wall drawings, digital prints and animation, the exhibition seeks to position Australian contemporary art within a wider, global dialogue.
Bufardeci draws upon statistical data, sourcing information from the public domain including the CIA Fact Book, the national census and opinion polls. She translates this information into colour charts, maps and architectural diagrams; and in doing so, draws playful attention to gaps, biases and inequalities.

For her MCA exhibition, Bufardeci has created an ambitious site-specific floor piece using statistics about Sydney’s residents.
Zon Ito creates intricate embroidered canvases and flags, cut paper, clay and fabric assemblages and playful hand-drawn animations. Parallels may be found in the work of Louisa Bufardeci and Zon Ito in their symbolic use of colour and ordered forms, along with their interpretation and unconventional use of space.




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