Past
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Thea Anamara Perkins:
N.Smith Gallery 18 - 27 Nov 2021 With a delicate hand, Thea Anamara Perkins answers heavy questions about what it means to be Indigenous in contemporary Australia, and how Aboriginal people and Country can and should be portrayed. Eight Views of the Telegraph Station is a personal meditation on the site known as the Old Telegraph Station... Read more
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Joan Ross:
N.Smith Gallery 3 Nov - 18 Dec 2021 The title lands as both confession and accusation, pointing to the entitlement embedded in acts of naming, categorising, and claiming. In Ross’s hands, history is not a stable record, but a constructed narrative, one that can be interrupted, revised, and re-seen. Joan Ross is consistently challenging the dominant narratives of... Read more
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James Tylor:
N.Smith Gallery 13 - 30 Oct 2021 Untouched Landscapes highlights the contemporary absence of Aboriginal cultures within the Australian landscape, and how this phenomenon is a direct result of the impact of European colonisation. The first European colonists forced First Nations peoples off their traditional lands into small christian missions and government reserves across Australia. This allowed... Read more
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Kyra Mancktelow
N.Smith Gallery 19 Jul - 28 Aug 2021 Each applying a unique and distinct aesthetic, Continuous / Unbroken Bonds investigates long-lasting legacies of colonialism, asking questions such as how we remember and how we acknowledge First Nations histories. The exhibition includes two installations of new work by each artist. Dylan presents Away from Country II & Gulmari –... Read more
& Dylan Mooney:
Continuous / Unbroken Bonds. -
Thea Anamara Perkins:
N.Smith Gallery 9 Jun - 10 Jul 2021 Shimmer moves through the contemporary experience of being a First Nations person as a kind of light you can feel, not only see. The exhibition takes its title from a public Arrernte women’s ceremony shared by very senior knowledge-holder MK Turner OAM. The lyrics, 'altyerre ayenge alhelharrke-parrkaye,' translate to, 'I... Read more
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Opening Exhibition:
N.Smith Gallery 4 - 6 Jun 2021 The gallery’s inaugural exhibition brought together a group of artists whose practices reflect a shared attentiveness to material, image, and the conditions through which meaning is formed. Featuring works by Jordan A zcune, Tom Blake, Casey Chen, Neva Hosking, Kyra Mancktelow, Dylan Mooney, Thea Anamara Perkins, Rebecca Selleck, and James... Read more
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