'Methexical Countryscape Bundjalung #5' and 'Methexical Countryscape Bundjalung #6'

TY - ADVS

T1 - 'Methexical Countryscape Bundjalung #5' and 'Methexical Countryscape Bundjalung #6'

A2 - Martin, Brian

N1 - charcoal on paper These works were included in a major exhibition focusing on contemporary art of First Nations peoples of South East Australia. The works explore culturally and linguistically diverse narratives of self-determination, identity, sovereignty and resistance. The drawings provide a platform to demonstrate what contradicts usual perceptions of what constitutes Indigenous art in Australia. Their subversion is in their apparent representation, yet they demonstrate the importance of the grid in order to disrupt the surface and therefore its representation. These works innovate the idea of sovereignty in terms of Country and Native Title and the intrinsic importance of Country to Indigenous self-determination and self-definition. Both works were acquired into the Australia Club’s collection.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

M3 - Commissioned or Visual Artwork

PB - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

CY - Southbank, Vic, Australia

T2 - Sovereignty

Y2 - 17 December 2016 through 26 March 2017

ER -