5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After The Rain
Sat 4 July – Sun 27 Sept5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After The Rain
‘I welcome everyone, to come and sit, reflect and respond to where we are, thinking and making art on Country. No matter where we come from, we can all engage through the universal language of visual art, and that’s why art is so powerful.’
- Tony Albert
The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain features 10 multidisciplinary installations that celebrate intergenerational legacies and cultural warriors of the past, present and future.
The National Indigenous Art Triennial brings together commissioned work by established and emerging First Nations artists from across Australia, creating an important platform for art and ideas. Each iteration of the Triennial is led by a First Nations curator with an original vision. Artistic Director for the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial is Tony Albert, Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples, one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists.
Albert weaves together projects by Alair Pambegan, Aretha Brown, Blaklash, Dylan Mooney, Hermannsburg Potters, Iltja Ntjarra Art Centre and Vincent Namatjira, Jimmy John Thaiday, Naminapu Maymuru-White, Thea Anamara Perkins, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists and Grace Kemarre Robinya, and Warraba Weatherall to tell stories through the universal language of visual art. These projects resonate with ideas about rebirth and cycles of cleansing.
#Artistic Director
Tony Albert (Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples, born 1981, Townsville, Queensland) is an established contemporary artist with a longstanding interest in the cultural misrepresentation of Aboriginal people. Drawing on both personal and collective histories, his multidisciplinary practice considers the ways in which optimism might be utilised to overcome adversity. His work poses crucial questions such as how do we remember, give justice to, and rewrite complex and traumatic histories?
Albert is acknowledged industry wide as a valued ambassador for Indigenous community and culture. He was recently announced as the inaugural Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain First Nations Curatorial Fellow. He is the first Indigenous Trustee for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, a member of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Indigenous advisory, a board member for the City of Sydney's Public Art Panel and member of the Art & Place Board at the Queensland Children's Hospital and in January 2023 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Griffith University for his significant contribution to the arts.
#Acknowledgment
The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia, and National Gallery First Nations Arts Partner Wesfarmers Arts
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