BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:402903@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20261108T071217Z DTSTART:20261108T110000Z DTEND:20261108T170000Z SUMMARY:Ancestor Spirits and In the Half Light DESCRIPTION:Ancestor Spirits and In the Half Light\\nAndy Ewing: Ancestor Spirits and Kirthana Selvaraj: In the Half Light\\nFavourite\\nEvent det ails\\nWednesdays\\, 11am to 5pm\\nThursdays\\, 11am to 5pm\\nFridays\\, 11am to 5pm\\nSaturdays\\, 11am to 5pm\\nSundays\\, 11am to 5pm\\nSaturda y 10 October to Sunday 13 December\\nScheduleMore: Exhibitions opening ce lebrations\\nFriday 9 October\\, 6:00pm-8:00pm\\n4A - Centre for Contempo rary Asian Art\\n181-187 Hay Street\\, Haymarket NSW 2000\\nGet direction s\\nFree\\nAbout this event\\n4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art presen ts Andy Ewing: Ancestor Spirits\\, the first posthumous survey of pioneer ing queer Vietnamese-Australian artist and curator Andrew (Andy) Hau Ewin g (1964–2021)\\, alongside Kirthana Selvaraj: In the Half Light\\, a ne wly commissioned body of work by the inaugural recipient of the Andy Ewin g Fellowship.\\nPresented across 4A’s galleries and 4A LAB\\, the exhib itions explore cultural inheritance\\, queerness and the body. Artworks\\ , archival material and personal ephemera offer an intimate account of Ew ing’s life\\, while Selvaraj’s paintings respond to his explorations of identity\\, memory and illness through her own experiences. Together\\ , the exhibitions trace how Ewing’s practice continues to resonate thro ugh a new generation of artists.\\nAndy Ewing: Ancestor Spirits\\nA pione ering queer Vietnamese-Australian artist\\, Ewing challenged who could be seen\\, desired and represented within Australian visual culture. His wo rks confronted racist stereotypes and the fetishisation of Asian male bod ies while examining cultural hybridity and chronic illness. Working prima rily on paper\\, he combined bold linework\\, expressive figures and surr eal imagery with personal candour and wry humour.\\nBorn in Melbourne\\, Ewing lived and worked across Australia and in Indonesia\\, maintaining c lose connections with artists and communities. Ancestor Spirits brings to gether artworks\\, sketches\\, archival material and studio ephemera span ning his career. The exhibition follows three intersecting concerns: cult ural heritage and hybridity\\; queerness and body politics\\; and health\ \, illness and perseverance\\, tracing ideas that developed from his earl y illustrations into increasingly personal compositions.\\nKirthana Selva raj: In the Half Light\\nAs the inaugural recipient of the Andy Ewing Fel lowship\\, Kirthana Selvaraj has spent the past year researching Ewing’ s practice\\, including through the Australian Queer Archives. In the Hal f Light considers how his explorations of identity\\, queerness and illne ss resonate within another life. Her paintings approach these questions t hrough her experiences of diaspora\\, cultural inheritance and a changing relationship with her body.\\nAn artist of Tamil ancestry\\, born in Tā maki Makaurau/Auckland and based on Gadigal and Wangal land in Sydney\\, Selvaraj works across painting\\, research and writing. Her practice exam ines diasporic identity through gender\\, sexuality and embodied memory.\ \nAbout Andy Ewing Fellowship\\nEstablished by the estate of Andrew Ewing and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art\\, the Andy Ewing Fellowship su pports emerging queer-identifying artists of Asian heritage through the c ommissioning\\, development and exhibition of new work. Its inaugural pre sentation honours Ewing’s contribution while creating space for new int erpretations of his legacy.\\nTags\\nArt & exhibitions\\nCulture fix\\nLG BTIQA+\\nEvent organiser\\n4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art\\n+61 423 738 283\\nWebsite\\n@4a_aus\\nAre we missing something\\nHelp us improve this listing\\nSimilar events\\nWe think you'll like\\nSydney in your in box\\nOur best events\\, hand-picked and delivered straight to your inbox .\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/asia-aus/australia/sydney/events/ancestor-spir its-and-in-the-half-light-2026-11-08 LOCATION:4A - Centre for Contemporary Asian Art\\, 181-187 Hay Street\\, Haymarket NSW 2000 URL:https://www.gayout.com/asia-aus/australia/sydney/events/ancestor-spirits-and-in-the-half-light-2026-11-08 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR