Shadowlife
ARTISTS: Vernon Ah Kee, Bindi Cole, Brenda L. Croft, Destiny Deacon & Virginia Fraser, Fiona Foley, Gary Lee, Michael Riley, Ivan Sen and Christian Thompson
CURATORS: Djon Mundine OAM and Natalie King
Asialink and the Bendigo Art Gallery present Shadowlife, an exhibition of works by nine internationally renowned contemporary Australian Aboriginal artists (and one non-Indigenous collaborator) engaged in photo-based practices.
Wungguli, an Arnhem Land Djambarrpuyngu word, means spirit and shadow and came to describe photographic image. Dreaming tells us that the shadow is your soul. Shadowlife embraces moving image and photography with all its directness, theatricality and immediacy by confronting stereotypes and acting out scenarios.
Download ‘Shadowlife: moving image’ brochure [pdf] presented at India Art Fair: 25-29 January 2012 and Melbourne Indigenous Festival: 10–12 February 2012
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Vernon Ah Kee Whitefella normal, blackfella me 2004 (still), Digital video with sound, 00:30 seconds. Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane |
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Bindi Cole Seventy Times Seven 2011 (Still), DVD, 10:21 minutes Courtesy of the artist and Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne |
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Brenda L. Croft A Hostile Landscape, 2003, from the series Man About Town, 2003 Giclee print on rag paper. Courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney |
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Brenda L. Croft Man About Town 2003 from the series Man About Town 2003, Giclee print on rag paper, 80 x 119 cm. Edition of 10. Courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney |
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Destiny Deacon and Virginia Fraser Colour Blinded 2005. Installation, lightjet prints from orthochromatic film negative, golliwog dolls, polystyrene and perspex cubes, low-pressure sodium lamps, video with sound. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artists and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney |
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Fiona Foley Bliss 2006 (still), Digital video with sound, 11:00 minutes Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
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Gary Lee Michael 2009 from the series On the verge 2009-10, 52.5 x 70 cm (image), 62.5 x 80 cm (paper), Courtesy of the artist and Alcastan Gallery, Melbourne; Harrison Gallery, Perth, and Sheahan Galleries, Wollongong |
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Michael Riley Licorice 1995 from the series They call me niigarr 1995. Pigment print, 31 x 39.5 cm Courtesy of the Michael Riley Foundation and Stills Gallery, Sydney |
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Ivan Sen Dust 1999 (still). Digital video with sound, 25:00 minutes. Courtesy of the National Film & Sound Archive, ACT |
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Christian Thompson Gamu Mambu (Blood Song) 2010, (still). Digital video with sound, 2:30mins. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne |
Exhibition dates and venues:
Thailand: 1 March – 29 April 2012, Bangkok Arts & Cultural Centre, Bangkok
Download the Shadowlife catalogue essay in Thai language
Taiwan: 16 June – 12 August 2012, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung
Singapore: 25 August – 30 September 2012, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art
Australia: 13 April - 28 July 2013, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria
Shadowlife: moving image:
India Art Fair: 25-29 January 2012 and Melbourne Indigenous Festival: 10–12 February 2012
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