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Art Gallery of NSW exhibits Portraits from Black Australia
by Shamoli Dutt
27-10-2008
The Art Gallery of New South Wales is mounting an exhibition called “Half Light Portraits from Black Australia” from November 21, 2008 to February 22, 2009.
It’s the first major survey of the work of Australia’s indigenous artists.
Photography by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists has emerged over the past two decades as a definitive expression of contemporary indigenous life in Australia.
The exhibition brings together over 140 works by 15 of Australia’s most renowned indigenous artists, including Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Richard Bell, Mervyn Bishop, Brenda L Croft, Destiny Deacon, Genevieve Grieves, Dianne Jones, Peter Yanada McKenzie, Ricky Maynard, Michael Riley, Darren Siwes and Christian Thompson
They portray the “face” of Indigenous Australia – at home on the mission pouring tea, dancing up in country or re-enacting and reclaiming the past.
Mervyn Bishop was the first Aboriginal professional photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald in the 1960s and many of his images feature iconic moments in Australian history and their protagonists, such as Gough Whitlam, Vincent Lingiari and Lionel Rose.
Michael Riley's portraits of his Sydney community are sophisticated and glamorous, while Ricky Maynard's series document important community cultural events including the annual mutton birding season in Tasmania and the faces of the Wik elders whose community is synonymous with the political struggle for native title rights.
Genevieve Grieves has created filmic portraits that re-construct archival ethnographic portrayals of Aboriginal people in slow moving images.
Diane Jones takes well-known paintings of colonial scenes such as Tom Roberts Shearing the Rams and photographer Max Dupain's The Sunbaker – by inserting her own and her family’s images within the frame Jones reveals an unrecognised history.
Half Light provides an unprecedented insight that transcends national borders and the harsh reality of the everyday.
An illustrated catalogue with artist interviews accompanies the exhibition.
Admission: Free
Details: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
by Shamoli Dutt - Austguide Travel News Editor
It’s the first major survey of the work of Australia’s indigenous artists.
Photography by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists has emerged over the past two decades as a definitive expression of contemporary indigenous life in Australia.
The exhibition brings together over 140 works by 15 of Australia’s most renowned indigenous artists, including Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Richard Bell, Mervyn Bishop, Brenda L Croft, Destiny Deacon, Genevieve Grieves, Dianne Jones, Peter Yanada McKenzie, Ricky Maynard, Michael Riley, Darren Siwes and Christian Thompson
They portray the “face” of Indigenous Australia – at home on the mission pouring tea, dancing up in country or re-enacting and reclaiming the past.
Mervyn Bishop was the first Aboriginal professional photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald in the 1960s and many of his images feature iconic moments in Australian history and their protagonists, such as Gough Whitlam, Vincent Lingiari and Lionel Rose.
Michael Riley's portraits of his Sydney community are sophisticated and glamorous, while Ricky Maynard's series document important community cultural events including the annual mutton birding season in Tasmania and the faces of the Wik elders whose community is synonymous with the political struggle for native title rights.
Genevieve Grieves has created filmic portraits that re-construct archival ethnographic portrayals of Aboriginal people in slow moving images.
Diane Jones takes well-known paintings of colonial scenes such as Tom Roberts Shearing the Rams and photographer Max Dupain's The Sunbaker – by inserting her own and her family’s images within the frame Jones reveals an unrecognised history.
Half Light provides an unprecedented insight that transcends national borders and the harsh reality of the everyday.
An illustrated catalogue with artist interviews accompanies the exhibition.
Admission: Free
Details: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
by Shamoli Dutt - Austguide Travel News Editor
