EXHIBITION
Free
20 September - 9 November 2025
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) in partnership with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, presents A Tear in the Fabric.

The idea of distortion represents a radical shift in aesthetic treatment and conceptual methodology which picks apart established rules which serve to dictate the status quo. For centuries, artists have twisted and transgressed formal boundaries to enact and depict cultural shifts.

A Tear in the Fabric presents new and existing works from nine Asian and Asian Australian artists who embrace distortion as a mode of disruption. It revolves around notions of aesthetic, material and conceptual interventions integrated into established forms of creative practice. Picking at the seams to make space for new narratives and artistic approaches, we see exploratory excursions into concepts of place, materiality, memory, identity and perception, manifesting in a diverse range of mediums.

Artists: Zico Albaiquni, Tiyan Baker, Allison Chhorn, Visaya Hoffie, Jenna Mayilema Lee, Khaled Sabsabi, Leyla Stevens, Ali Tahayori, Hirofumi Uchino.

Public Programs

Opening Night, Friday 19 September, 6pm

Artist and Curator Talk, Saturday 20 September, 11am

Talks and Tea, Wednesday 8 October, 10:30am

Exhibition Tours, Saturdays, 11am

Sunday Sketch Sessions, Sundays, 10am-2pm

Maker Space, daily during opening hours

I Spy Kids Trail, daily during opening hours

Group Visits, fees apply, contact brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au or call 02 6333 6555

Educational Visits, fees apply, contact brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au or call 02 6333 6555

Tailored experiences for your class group including pre-visit, in-gallery, and post-visit activities

Image: Allison Chhorn, Memory House, 2012–13, 35mm photograph. Courtesy the artist.