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The Weight of Stillness Ames Yavuz 1–30 August 2025 Sydney
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The Weight of Stillness brings together artists who explore the quiet, the paused, and the almost-imperceptible. Through painting, sculpture, video and installation, the exhibition examines stillness not as absence, but as presence—charged with memory, resistance and transformation. Here stillness becomes a force; heavy with unspoken histories, political tension and quiet endurance. The exhibition reflects on the emotional and physical density of holding still—the way bodies, landscapes and time itself bear the weight of what is not said yet deeply felt.

The exhibition navigates histories of displacement, resilience, and cultural memory. The artists on view come from diverse regions—South Asia, Eastern Europe, South East Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands—and approach stillness through their distinct cultural and political lenses. For them, stillness is never passive; it is charged, deliberate and often defiant. Their practices engage stillness as both resistance and reflection, tracing intimate personal experiences alongside collective narratives that resonate beyond their communities to touch us all as global citizens. Here, stillness becomes a methodology—a means to reckon with memory, presence and the politics of visibility.

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Artists Exhibiting

Ali Kazim contemporary artist
Ali Kazim b. 1979 Follow +
Naiza H. Khan contemporary artist
Naiza H. Khan b. 1968 Follow +
Sangita Maity contemporary artist
Sangita Maity b. 1989 Follow +
Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei contemporary artist
Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei b. 2016 Follow +
Citra Sasmita contemporary artist
Citra Sasmita b. 1990 Follow +
Salote Tawale contemporary artist
Salote Tawale Follow +

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Ames Yavuz embraces its diverse cultural background through a strong international focus and perspective. The gallery’s vision is underpinned by robust curatorial practices that form the core of our program and foster intercultural discourse on a global scale.

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114 Commonwealth Street
Surry Hills
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Sydney 114 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills
Ames Yavuz contemporary art gallery in Sydney Australia
Ames Yavuz
114 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
+61 2 8040 8838
http://yavuzgallery.com

Opening hours
Tuesday – Saturday
10am – 6pm

Sundays, Mondays and Public Holidays
By appointment only
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