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It gives me great pleasure to introduce Claire Healy & Sean Cordero, the first major exhibition of the artists’ work in Australia. We are particularly thrilled to present the exhibition, curated by MCA Curator Anna Davis, in the artists’ hometown following their success internationally. Their work, which featured as part of Australia’s representation at the 53rd Venice
Biennale in 2009, has been shown in Washington DC, Berlin, Singapore, Basel, Lyon, London, San Francisco, Tehran, Shanghai and Kathmandu. Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro have been collaborating as artists for over a decade, in which time they have been awarded numerous international studio residencies, scholarships and travel grants. The nomadic lifestyle the artists lead has become the foundation of their work, both conceptually and in terms of the materials they use. Travel, packing and unpacking, accumulation, storage and freight have been a critical part of their lives and these experiences continually inform their practice as artists. As part of the exhibition, the MCA has commissioned the artists to create a new work Stasis (2012) on the Museum’s front lawn. Continuing Healy and Cordeiro’s
exploration of mobility through mechanised means, the work features an aeroplane suspended in a cube of scaffolding, its nose pointing precariously at the MCA building. Clearly constructed, the work nonetheless cannot fail to provoke a reaction following the events of 9/11 which changed the
way we see planes approaching buildings forever. Since it opened to the public in 1991, the MCA has supported the work of Australian artists through exhibitions, publications, the MCA Collection, public programs and events. Following major redevelopment, the MCA re-opened this year and is now in an even better position to exhibit, collect and interpret the work of today’s artists. Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro is presented in the new, spacious gallery on level 1, designed to display ambitious installations by contemporary artists. We are grateful to Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro
for their enthusiasm and commitment to this project; and to exhibition curator Anna Davis. We thank public and private lenders to the exhibition for their generosity in making key works available and our appreciation goes to the artist’s representatives, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney; Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco and Nature Morte, Berlin. A number of organisations and individuals have made this exhibition possible through their generous assistance. We thank the Keir Foundation for their support of Stasis and INLINK for their support of the exhibition. We are grateful to the Australia Council for their assistance in realising the newly commissioned work on the MCA front lawn and to Partridge Engineering for their work on the project. We also thank catalogue contributor Hou Hanru for his insightful interview with the artists. Finally, my
sincere thanks go to the MCA Ambassadors, whose donations go towards realising our exhibitions program and promoting the work of leading
artists such as Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro.

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE
Director
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia