Resolution: New Indigenous Photomedia

Please note: this is a past event

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When:
26 August – 29 October 2017
Where:
Shepparton Art Museum, 70 Welsford St, Shepparton

This exhibition creates an experience of photomedia and Indigeneity that is physical, embodied and thought-provoking. It features work made since 2011 from across the country and brings together some of Australia's most critically acclaimed artists, whose careers stretch back decades, with some of our most exciting emerging talent. Many of the artists featured in Resolution work across a broad range of media; perhaps as few as one third identify as specialist photographers or photomedia artists, an eclecticism which reflects the diversity and dynamism of contemporary practice. Similarly, the artists often possess complex cultural identities which complicate any straightforward categorisation of their work.

Artists include Michael Aird, Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Ali G. Baker, Daniel Boyd, Megan Cope, Brenda L. Croft, Nici Cumpston, Robert Fielding, Nicole Foreshew, Ricky Maynard, Danie Mellor, Steaphan Paton, Damien Shen, Darren Siwes, Christian Thompson, Warwick Thornton, James Tylor, and Jason Wing.

The foundations of contemporary Indigenous photography were laid in the late 1980s with a generation of politicised and provocative artists who documented their experiences around the events of the Bicentennial marking 200 years of European settlement. The last 30 years has seen its maturation and the emergence of artists who engage critically, thoughtfully, sometimes forcefully, with the present and the past. They decide how they negotiate their way in the world, making work which reflects the challenging, hybrid nature of contemporary society.

Official Exhibition Opening - Friday 25 August, 5.30 to 7.30pm

With opening remarks by Kirsten Paisley, Deputy Director, National Gallery Australia and Paul Briggs, Yorta Yorta, Executive Director, Kaiela Institute and President of Rumbalara Football Netball Club.

Special events

Thursday 28 September, 5.30 to 6.30pm
SAM Out Late! September - Curatorial Floortalk with Kelli Cole and Belinda Briggs
Free. More information here, bookings here.

Friday 13 October, 6 to 8pm
Mixer & Mingler: GV Young Professionals at SAM
$25. Book via www.gvyoungprofessionals.com

Saturday 28 October, 9am to 12pm and 1pm to 4pm
Tour de Shepp: Photography & Cycling Workshop
Free. More information here, tickets for morning session here, afternoon session here.

Image: Christian Thompson, Gods and kings, 2015, (from the series Imperial relic), chromogenic colour photograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2016, courtesy of Michael Reid, Sydney © the artist