Culture Warriors
National Indigenous Art Triennial
‘Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial’ is the inaugural exhibition in a series by the National Gallery of Australia celebrating contemporary Indigenous Australian art.
Art Exhibition
previously on
at
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
in
Brisbane
precinct,
Queensland,
Australia.
From
Saturday 14 February 2009 to Sunday 10 May 2009
Published by GAGOMA on Thursday 12 March 2009.
Contact the publisher.
Taking the recent ‘Culture Wars’ or ‘History Wars’ waged over interpretations of the Indigenous history/culture of Australia as a starting point, the exhibition showcases works by artists across the country in different genres and media. Here, each work asserts a right to place, culture or history, placing each of the artists as vital players in these ongoing debates — they are all Indigenous Culture Warriors.
The exhibition showcases five senior artists — Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Philip Gudthaykudthay, John Mawurndjul, Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek and Arthur Pambegan Jr — and ten of the thirty artists included are from Queensland.
Publication
The exhibition catalogue for ‘Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial’ is available from the Gallery Store or can be purchased online.
