The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) reveals the seven artists selected for the 21st edition of Primavera, the annual exhibition for Australian artists aged 35 years and under. Primavera 2012 is curated by the MCA’s Anna Davis and brings together the work of Dion Beasley (NT), Benjamin Forster (WA), Anastasia Klose (VIC), Todd McMillan (NSW), Kate Mitchell (NSW), Teho Ropeyan (QLD) and Justine Varga (NSW).

The works cover a wide range of artistic practices and sensibilities, from drawing, printmaking, film and video, to performance, installation, digital media and photography.
MCA Curator Anna Davis said: ’Last year Primavera physically went out of the Museum context and into The Rocks. This year’s edition is back in the MCA galleries, with a focus on looking inside into imaginary territories, spiritual landscapes and private interior realms. I have selected artists from all over the country and look forward to presenting them to national and international audiences’.

Benjamin Forster’s Drawing Machine (Output = Plotter) (2008–2012) is the artist’s attempt to teach a computer to draw in a human way. Discourse (2010) is another computer-driven, print-based work that simulates a never-ending conversation between Karl Marx and Adam Smith. The conversation is printed onto long strands of receipt paper that accumulate in a tangled heap on the gallery floor.

Benjamin Forster graduated from the ANU School of Art with Honours in 2007 and has since relocated to Perth.

The Primavera exhibition is the MCA’s most prestigious show for young emerging artists.

The exhibition runs from 4 October-2 December 2012

Find out more at the MCA Website