Curated by Richard Grayson, Susan Hiller, Ralph Rugoff, and Janos Sugar
Chirpily titled “(The World May Be) Fantastic,” the thirteenth installment of the Sydney biennial homes in on the fanciful, with an eccentric lineup of artistic imagineers creating parallel worlds and fictitious scenarios. The publicity palaver conjures a festival of flawed utopianism, featuring Vito Acconci at the head of a colorful parade of reality-testing artworks. Artistic director Richard Grayson has collaborated with Susan Hiller, Ralph Rugoff, and Janos Sugar in choosing the broadly international roster of roughly fifty artists. Primarily located at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum of Contemporary Art, the exhibition also occupies several satellite venues—most notably the sensational Sydney Opera House, perfectly capping off the Fantasyland thematics.
