“West Space Fundraiser: Kin”

23 May → 13 June 2024
Gallery

An illustration by Lily Pook-Ryan showing a collection of white paper cut-out style figures and characters spread across a black background
"West Space Fundraiser 2024: Kin" illustration by Lily Pook-Ryan

West Space's 2024 Fundraiser Kin celebrates kinship and artists in our community.

We selected this year's theme to reflect our experience of West Space in 2024 and our hopes for future years, empowering underrepresented artists across our programs.

Kin features over 90 artists including: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Elyas Alavi, Benjamin Baker, Asha Barr, Benjamin Bannan, Alrey Batol, Nathan Beard, Steven Bellosguardo, Corinna Berndt, Kate Beynon & Rali Beynon, Sarah Brasier, Dale Buckley Andy Butler, Arini Byng, Khaled Chamma, Rainbow Chan, Lhotse Collins, Sarah crowEST, Grace Culley, Nicholas Currie, J Davies, Matilda Davis, Thang Do, Mikala Dwyer, Chelsea Farquhar, Bryan Foong, Alicia Frankovich, Jessie French, Isabella Hone-Saunders, HOSSEI, Razia Jafari Alavi Jawad Khalili, Luke King, Dharani Kommalapati, Kaijern Koo, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Anu Kumar, Camille Laddawan, Shivanjani Lal, Luka Lesosky-Hay, Eugenia Lim, Indra Liusuari, Honey Long & Prue Stent, Liang Luscombe, Sim Luttin, Nicholas Mangan, Haneen Mahmood Martin, Shannon McCulloch, Maia McDonald, Louise Meuwissen, Keiran Molaeb, James Nguyen, Melissa Nguyen, Phuong Ngo, Amy Parker, Camille Perry, Jason Phu, Evelyn Pohl, Tom Polo, Lisa Radford & Masato Takasaka, Diego Ramirez, Mia Salsjo, Juan Rodriguez Sandoval, Christopher Scuito, Alex Seton, David Sequeira, Nicholas Smith, Tina Stefanou, Leyla Stevens, Rebecca Suares-Jury, Olga Svyatova, Ali Tahayori, Iva Thian, Christian Thompson AO, Nicky Tsekouras, Grace Wood, Zamara Zamara, Kia Zand, Joy Zhou.

The opening party featuring Tina Stefanou reading your creative future.

"Let me make you a cup of Greek coffee and read your creative future. Will you get that next grant? Will you finally make that painting? Are you going to take on more study? Will you finally get secure employment? Will you be invited to a big show?
Together we will delve into peasant reading practices in the form of Greek coffee divination. Using metabolic processes of consumption and co-constitutional forces, I sit with people one on one to navigate the abstractions of neoliberal art-making. I invite the public to drink, sit and read caffeinated imagery with me, in a hope to make legible the illegibility of art futures." — Tina Stefanou

We end the evening with special guest DJs, Zourry, Lizzy Nice and General Feelings.

Two large walls of the west space gallery are installed full of artworks. In the foreground, a large circular white suspended shelf hangs in space adorned with many small sculptural artworks.
Installation view showing several wall based artworks as part of the exhibition "Kin" at West Space.
A salon hang of multiple artworks on the wall of West Space for the 2024 Fundraiser. There is a collection of paper prints, small paintings, fabric prints and 3 ceramic faces
A collection of various works are assembled in a salon hang on the wall of West Space as part of the exhibition "Kin". There is a floating white circular shelf in the front of the image with some soft sculptures on it.
two figures embrace with arms around each other. They are standing in front of an assortment of artworks installed for the West Space fundraiser 2024
a woman with long dark hair and fringe stands side on to a wall full of artworks on show for the West Space fundraiser. She is wearing a yellow and blue jacket with red text that says "John Beasley Cycles"
Two figure are admiring a large round platform covered in small sculptural objects during the West Space fundraiser 2024
2 gallery staff sit around a long wooden table that sits on top of a large black and red floor based vinyl artwork by Diego Ramirez
Tina Stefanou sits in a dark blue shirt with a big smile. She is inverting a cup on to a saucer about to read the coffee grounds fortune to someone who is sitting in front of her.
A DJ at West Space is playing music in a crowded space. They are wearing a Palestinian Keffiyeh