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Willoughby Visual Arts

(Re)telling: Stories of Country and Truth

Where
The Concourse
The Concourse
409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood NSW 2067
Art Space on The Concourse
When

Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 11am to 5pm Fridays, Saturdays, 11am to 8pm Thursday 15 June 2023 to Sunday 9 July 2023

Cost

Free

An exhibition of emerging and established First Nations artists from around Australia.

(Re)telling: Stories of Country and Truth, is an exhibition curated by Muruwari woman Dr Virginia Keft. It brings together emerging and established Aboriginal artists from around Australia to present new and existing works that showcase their resilience, strength, and connection to culture. The exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography, weaving and textiles include works by Dennis Golding, Jason Wing, Virginia Keft, Edwina Green, Maddison Gibbs, Emma Hicks, Shana O’Brien and Nicole Monks. Using potent strategies of visual storytelling, the exhibition foregrounds deep connections to place, knowledge sharing, and resistance while weaving narratives of Country and ‘truth telling’ through a First Nations lens.

Artists: Maddison Gibbs, Dennis Golding, Edwina Green, Emma Hicks, Virginia Keft, Nicole Monks and Jenine Boeree, Shana O’Brien and Jason Wing

Image: Dennis Golding, Back Home From Home (detail), 2021-23, photographic print on rag paper

This exhibition is presented by Willoughby City Council as part of the Gai-mariagal Festival.

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