OCCURRENT AFFAIR
February 13–June 19, 2021
University Drive
The James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre (Building 11)
Brisbane Queensland 4072
Australia
Hours: Monday–Friday 10am–4pm,
Saturday 11am–3pm
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artmuseum@uq.edu.au
proppaNOW: Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey, and Laurie Nilsen
Guest curators: Amanda Hayman and Troy Casey (Blaklash Creative)
OCCURRENT AFFAIR is a major exhibition featuring new and recent works by Brisbane-based Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW. Established in 2003, proppaNOW is one of Australia’s leading cultural collectives, exploring the politics of Aboriginal art and culture, and provoking, subverting and re-thinking what it means to be a “contemporary Aboriginal artist.” Conceived as a collaborative activist gesture, OCCURRENT AFFAIR will address current socio-political, economic and environmental issues, while celebrating the strength, resilience and continuity of Aboriginal culture.
Engaging wordplay through its title, OCCURRENT AFFAIR references the sensational journalistic style of some television current affair programs. OCCURRENT AFFAIR embraces the slippage between language and its associated readings to probe and present new narratives. The exhibition will reflect on the ongoing state of affairs affecting Aboriginal communities—issues that are relevant to all Australians.
Images and artist biographies here.
First Nations visitors are advised that the exhibition may contain images, names, and voices of people who have deceased. Permission has been granted from the family for all images and artwork to be shown here and in the exhibition.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
