Self-Abrasion of our Nations
Curator and artist Brenda Croft gets experiential in telling about Australia Day, her latest exhibition Stop (the) gap and what is shared by indigenous people around the globe.
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Fiona Foley: Public and Political
Fiona Foley's recent public work has gone from strength to strength most recently at Mackay where her six large new works form a trail commemorating the Pacific and black history of the region.
Paint every hill: Billy Benn
Billy Benn Perrurle and Catherine Peattie with essays by Ian McLean and Judith Ryan IAD Press RRP $34.95
Networks (cells & silos)
Monash University Museum of Art
1 February – 16 April 2011
Curator: Geraldine Barlow
1 February – 16 April 2011
Curator: Geraldine Barlow
Rising Queensland Indigenous artists
As leaders of unique working partnerships between the Indigenous art industry and the Queensland Government, pioneers like Judy Watson, Dennis Nona, Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell and Sally Gabori have established strong international reputations.
Fearing Truganini
Tasmanian essayist and poet, currently working as Indigenous Visiting Research Scholar at AIATSIS in Canberra, Greg Lehman looks over David Hansen's recent award-winning essay entitled 'Seeing Truganini' and finds it wanting.
Landscapes and Horses: Ivan Durrant
Curator: Rodney James Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 16 February - 26 April 2011
Working in Indigenous Art Centres
Felicity Wright speaks from long experience, as a worker and as a reviewer of art centres on Aboriginal lands. Her thoughtful article teases out many do's and don'ts in this highly contested field.