Maru Yacco: installing ‘Sydney Parade’ for the Biennale of Sydney

Watch Tokyo-based artist Maru Yacco’s fantastical mural Sydney Parade 2024 take shape in the Art Gallery’s Entrance Court.

Yacco‘s works demonstrate the boundless scope of queering, merging fantasy and creation. Infused with Japanese pop culture and folklore, her pieces touch on identity, sexuality, and gender, striking a balance between whimsy and depth.

A cornerstone of the LGBTQ+ art scene of Japan and Asia, Yacco‘s work not only challenges societal norms but also exuberantly uplifts diversity and inclusion.

Commissioned for the 24th Biennale of Sydney: Ten Thousand Suns, with generous support from the National Center for Art Research, Japan.

Maru Yacco would like to thank Will Lynes for their assistance.

Filmed on Gadigal Country.