Bendigo Art Gallery

First gallery trip in many long months.

The exhibitions had a strong Indigenous theme running through them - not all but most.

Void

Contemporary Indigenous art speaking to the theme of 'void'. Two of the most striking had a superficial resemblance to notable Western art movements of the 20th century in Op Art and Land Art while actually arriving in a very different space.

Doreen Reid Nakamarra - "Untitled" (2006) - designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti, west of Pollock Hills in WA, the tali (sandhills) and puli (rocky outcrops) that surround Marrapinti

Hayley Millar-Baker - "Meeyn Meerreeng" (Country at Night) (2017)

Also James Tylor's photos (2013-14) with their dark geometric excisions, and Mabel Juli's iconographic night sky "Garnkiny Ngarranggarni" (2006).

Paul Guest Prize 2020

A prize for drawing, which seemed broadly defined with many of the works having drawing as only one component of themselves.

Richard Lewer - "2020" (2020)

Zoe Amor - "Architecture of a Dream - The Gift I + II" (2020)

David Sequeira - "Song Cycle" (2020) - each one is titled, eg "Song for Arvo Part", on sheet music paper

In addition, "Piinpi" - contemporary Indigenous fashion exhibition - which I didn't engage much with.

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