Queensland-born, Sydney-based photographer William Yang’s significant contribution to Australian photography spans five decades. Known for his reflective and joyous depictions of Australia’s LGBTIQ+ scene in the late 70s and 80s through to the present. Yang’s photography is informed by the cultural and political pressures of growing up as a gay man from a Chinese immigrant family in north Queensland.
This exhibition is a major survey of Yang’s work, which traces his career from documentary photography through to explorations of cultural and sexual identities and his depictions of landscape. Yang integrates a photographic practice with writing, video and performance.
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WEEKLY FILM SCREENINGS
A regular program of four films capturing William Yang’s iconic monologue performances will screen every weekend in the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) Lecture Theatre for the duration of the exhibition.
SATURDAY
11.00AM | William Yang: Friends of Dorothy 2014 MA15+ | Director: Martin Fox | 58 mins*
1.00PM | William Yang: My Generation 2013 M / Director: Martin Fox / 58 mins
SUNDAY
1.00PM | Sadness: A Monologue by William Yang 1999 PG | Director: Tony Ayres | 52 mins
2.30PM | William Yang: Blood Links 2014 PG | Director: Martin Fox | 59 mins
Image: William Yang, Australia b.1943 / The Story of Joe (detail) 1979/2020 / Inkjet print on Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag; single-channel video / Print: 40 x 60cm; video: 16:9, 3:50 minutes, colour, sound; installed dimensions variable / Writer/Performer: William Yang; Director/Producer: Ben Latham Jones; Co-Director/ Co-Producer: Sophie Georgiou; Camera Operator/Editor: Dean Lever; Auslan Consultant: Sue Jo Wright; Technical Assistant: Jack Okeby / Courtesy: The artist / © William Yang.
