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An exhibition installation featuring desks with display cases and informational boards in the background.
1 May – 3 Oct

Poetry Goes No Further Than Language

  • Free
  • Art

Poetry goes no further than language: A historical moment of art becoming art again, is a new exhibition at at Buxton Contemporary

Poetry goes no further than language revisits a defining moment in 1980s China, when a group of artists began to question all existing values and presumptions about art.

Featuring works by the Beijing collective New Measurement Group and Shanghai-based artist Qian Weikang, the exhibition brings these seldom seen experiments to Australia for the first time, alongside a new commission by Melbourne-based artist Darcey Bella Arnold.

Curated by Liu Ding and Carol Yinghua Lu.

Hours

Date Times
Fri 1 May
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 2 May
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 5 May
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 6 May
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 7 May
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Fri 8 May
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Sat 9 May
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Tue 12 May
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Wed 13 May
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Thu 14 May
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Fri 15 May
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Sat 16 May
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 19 May
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Wed 20 May
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Thu 21 May
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Fri 22 May
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Sat 23 May
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Tue 26 May
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Wed 27 May
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Thu 28 May
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Fri 29 May
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Sat 30 May
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Tue 2 Jun
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Wed 3 Jun
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Thu 4 Jun
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Wed 26 Aug
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Fri 28 Aug
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Sat 29 Aug
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Wed 2 Sep
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Fri 11 Sep
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Fri 18 Sep
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Sat 19 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 22 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 23 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 24 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 25 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 26 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 29 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 30 Sep
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 1 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 2 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 3 Oct
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location

Buxton Contemporary
Dodds St
Southbank 3006

Open in maps location for Buxton Contemporary

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9035 9339
  • email address: buxton-contemporary@unimelb.edu.au
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Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Mobility access

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

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