Summer 2023/24 Issue 337

1 INDIGENOUS ART COMMISSIONS: ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE: TINA BAUM (GULUMIRRGIN [LARRAKIA]/WARDAMAN/KARAJARRI)

Tina Baum pictured with mirragma gunugurr-wa (2023) by Roque Lee and Trent Lee, in Garramilla/Darwin, 2023; courtesy Tina Baum

2 COMMISSIONING CONNECTIONS TO COUNTRY: AIDAN HARTSHORN (WALGALU [WOLGAL/WOLGALU]/WIRADJURI)

Jonathan Jones working on untitled (walam-wunga.galang) at Henderson’s Marble & Granite in Naarm/Melbourne; courtesy the artist and the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra; photo: Christian Capurro 

3 COMMISSIONED BY COUNTRY: DOMINIQUE CHEN (GAMILAROI)

Megan Cope, Kinyingarra Guwinyanba (On-Country), 2022, documentation image; courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin/Brisbane; photo: Cian Saunders

4 JANET FIELDHOUSE’S SISTER WORKS: FREJA CARMICHAEL (NGUGI PEOPLE OF QUANDAMOOKA)

Janet Fieldhouse, Sister Charm, 2023, installation view, National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Kamberri/Canberra, 2023, on loan from the artist and Art Makers; courtesy the artist; PHOTO: NGA, Kamberri/Canberra

5 DURANGEN: GROWING BUNDJALUNG PLANT KNOWLEDGES: JENNY FRASER (MIGUNBURRI/YUGAMBEH/BUNDJALUNG) 

Deidre Currie, Tweed River, 2023; photo: Jenny Fraser

6 A COLLECTIVE UNDERTAKING: JESSICA CLARK (PALAWA/PALLAWAH)

James Howard, Subterranean Frequencies, 2023, installation detail, ‘Between Waves’, ACCA, NaArm/Melbourne, 2023; courtesy the artist; photo: Andrew Curtis

7 BLACK SKIES: JESSYCA HUTCHENS (PALYKU)

Jimmy Frank Japarula, Kooloongka, 2023, installation view, ‘Black Sky’, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Boorloo/Perth, 2023; snappy gum, yakula resin, sinew, earth pigment, metamorphic rock, 64 x 25 x 5cm; courtesy Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre, Tennant Creek; photo: Rebecca Mansell 

8 DREAMING BIG: COMMISSIONING ‘SHADOW SPIRIT’: KIMBERLEY MOULTON (YORTA YORTA)

John Prince Siddon, High Country, 2023, installation view, ‘Shadow Spirit’, RISING, Flinders Street Station, Naarm/Melbourne, 2023; photo: Eugene Hyland 

9 JENNA LEE: BALARR (TO BECOME LIGHT): MAYA HODGE (LARDIL/YANGKAAL) 

Jenna Lee and Kojima ShOten, Balarr (To become light), 2023, installation DETAIL, ‘Melbourne Now’, the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, NaArm/Melbourne, 2023; courtesy the artist and MARS Gallery, NaArm/Melbourne; photo: Sean Fennessy 

10 OBSERVATIONS FROM THE ARRIVAL LOUNGE: NATHAN POHIO (WAITAHA, KATI MAMOE, KAI TAHU, NGATI KAHUNGUNU, TAU IWI)

Lisa Reihana, Ihi, 2020, still from two-channel UHD-Video with stereo sound (DEtail), installed at Aotea – Te PokapU/Aotea Centre, TAmaki Makaurau/Auckland; courtesy the artist 

 
 

11 PUBLIC CULTURAL MARKERS: SIMON CARMICHAEL (NGUGI PEOPLE OF QUANDAMOOKA)

Richard Bell, Pay the Rent (UK), 2023, installation view, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, 2023; courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin/Brisbane 

12 CONTINUING A COMMISSIONING LEGACY: TRISTEN HARWOOD (NGALAKAN) 

Kent Morris, Unvanished, 2022, installation view, Federation Square, Naarm/Melbourne, 2022; created in collaboration with Studio John Fish, with soundscape design by James Henry and augmented reality by PHORIA; courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne; photo: Kristian Laemmle-Ruff 

13 MANY WAYS TO CONNECT: COMMISSIONS: TYSON FRIGO (WIRADJURI/YUIN)

DhaNaN Dhukarr (Many Pathways), 2023, installation detail, ‘Shaped by the Sea’, Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM), gADIGAL NURA/Sydney, 2023; courtesy the artists, Buku-LarrNgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, and ANMM, gADIGAL NURA/Sydney 

14 MAKING ‘NGARATYA (TOGETHER, US GROUP, ALL IN TOGETHER)’: A CULTURALLY GROUNDED COMMISSIONING PROCESS: ZENA CUMPSTON (BARKANDJI)

MENINDEE, 2022; PHOTO: RAYMOND ZADA 

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