Spring 2022 Issue 333

1 RICHARD BELL’S EMBASSY: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND: KATINA DAVIDSON (KULLILLI/YUGGERA)

RICHARD BELL, EMBASSY, 2013– , INSTALLATION VIEW, DOCUMENTA 15, KASSEL, 2022; CANVAS TENT WITH ANNEX, ALUMINIUM FRAME, POLYMER PAINT ON PLY, SINGLE-CHANNEL DIGITAL VIDEO (BLACK-AND-WHITE, SOUND), ARCHIVE, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MILANI GALLERY, MEANJIN/BRISBANE; PHOTO: GEORGIA BOE

2 EVERYTHING STARTS WITH A SENSE OF PLACE: THE ART OF DJAMBAWA MARAWILI: REBECCA RAY (MERIAM)

DJAMBAWA MARAWILI, YATHIKPA, 2009, DETAIL; NATURAL PIGMENTS ON BARK, 206 X 79CM; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BUKU-LARRŊGAY MULKA CENTRE, YIRRKALA; © THE ARTIST

3 TJUKURPA PULKATJARA NINTINI: AN IMPORTANT STORY TO SHARE: TUPPY NGINTJA GOODWIN (PITJANTJATJARA)

SOME OF THE PARTICIPATING MIMILI MAKU ARTISTS FOR KULILAYA MUNU NINTIRIWA (LISTEN AND LEARN) (2020), AT MIMILI; COMMISSIONED FOR THE 22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY, ‘NIRIN’, 2020, WITH GENEROUS ASSISTANCE FROM FONDATION OPALE; COURTESY THE ARTISTS AND MIMILI MAKU ARTS; PHOTO: MEG HANSEN PHOTOGRAPHY

4 TIME, HISTORY, LEGACY AND PRESENCE: ‘CEREMONY’, THE 4TH NATIONAL INDIGENOUS ART TRIENNIAL: AMANDA HAYMAN (KALKADOON/WAKKA WAKKA), KAMBERRI/CANBERRA

PAUL GIRRAWAH HOUSE, MULANGGARI YUR-WANG (ALIVE AND STRONG), 2021–22, PHOTOGRAPHED IN PROGRESS, ‘CEREMONY’, NGA, KAMBERRI/CANBERRA, 2021; COURTESY AND © THE ARTIST

5 A FRIEND: DAKOTA FEIRER (BUNDJALUNG/GUMBAYNGGIRR)

BRENDON KELSON, ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY, 1996, SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPH, 17 X 22CM; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, KAMBERRI/CANBERRA, PIC P1838/1-13 LOC Q97

6 We are still here: Art and Country: Juanita Kelly-Mundine (West Bundjalung/Yuin)

ANDREW SNELGAR, WORK IN PROGRESS, 2021, COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, KAMBERRI/CANBERRA FOR THE 4TH NATIONAL INDIGENOUS ART TRIENNIAL, ‘CEREMONY’, PURCHASED 2022; COURTESY AND © THE ARTIST

7 THE SOUND THAT MARKS THE CHANGE: JAZZ MONEY (WIRADJURI)

RICHARD BELL, UMBRELLA EMBASSY, 2021, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 180 X 240CM; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MILANI GALLERY, MEANJIN/BRISBANE; PHOTO: CARL WARNER

8 FIRST NATIONS GLOBAL ARTS AND REPRESENTATION: TINA BAUM (GULUMIRRGIN [LARRAKIA]/WARDAMAN/KARAJARRI), EUROPE

MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI, EXHIBITION INSTALLATION VIEW, FONDATION CARTIER POUR L’ART CONTEMPORAIN, PARIS, 2022; COURTESY THE ARTIST’S ESTATE AND ALCASTON GALLERY, MELBOURNE; PHOTO: © THIBAUT VOISIN

9 STAND IN THE RAIN: DAKOTA FEIRER (BUNDJALUNG/GUMBAYNGGIRR)

REKO RENNIE, WHAT DO WE WANT?, 2022, STILL FROM 3-CHANNEL HD VIDEO, SOUND; COMMISSIONED BY ACMI AND ARTBANK; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND STATION, NAARM/MELBOURNE AND WARRANG/SYDNEY; PHOTO: ELLERY RYAN

10 SPEAKING OF AN UNQUIET COUNTRY: DANIE MELLOR (MAMU/NGAGEN/NGAJAN)

DANIE MELLOR, ABOVE AND BELOW, 2016, WAX PASTEL, WASH WITH OIL PIGMENT, WATERCOLOUR AND PENCIL ON PAPER MOUNTED ON ALUMINIUM, 96 X 120CM; PRIVATE COLLECTION; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND TOLARNO GALLERIES, NAARM/MELBOURNE; PHOTO: MIM STIRLING

 
 

11 FINAL CAMP: DAKOTA FEIRER (BUNDJALUNG/GUMBAYNGGIRR)

RICHARD BELL, FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW, 2020, INSTALLATION VIEW, MILANI GALLERY, MEANJIN/BRISBANE, 2020; ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 4 PANELS, 300 X 600CM; NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, KAMBERRI/CANBERRA, PURCHASED 2021; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MILANI GALLERY, MEANJIN/BRISBANE; PHOTO: CHARLIE HILLHOUSE