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Louisa Bufardeci and Zon Ito at MCA Sydney

Louisa Bufardeci: Governing Values: Food Price Indices. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery

They say international pairings bring forth interesting children. That is probably due to unrelated gene pools coming together in novel ways, but the same may be true in art. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia has been exploring the potential of international art pairings in an occasional series of exhibitions, the latest of which opened July 28.

The current exhibition features the work of Australian artist Louisa Bufardeci alongside Japanese contemporary artist Zon Ito. The show is the fourth in a series of ‘international pairings’ at MCA Sydney. In each, a prominent Australian artist is asked to choose an international peer for a shared exhibition of new and recent work.

Earlier exhibitions included London-based, Australian-born artist Mathew Jones paired with Simon Starling, one of Britain’s most esteemed young contemporary artists (2002); and young Australian artist Ricky Swallow with American sculptor Erick Swenson (2001). Continue…