Passage: The Art of Atong Atem
Highlights
- Explore vibrant photographic self-portraits that celebrate identity and resilience at NGV in Melbourne.
- Discover Atong Atem's dynamic use of textiles and symbolism to tell intergenerational stories.
- Engage with themes of race and colonialism through immersive art experiences in a family-friendly setting.
- Savour the intersection of history and imagination in Atem's work, showcasing Melbourne's African diaspora.
NGV presents the first-ever major solo exhibition of South Sudanese, Melbourne-based contemporary artist Atong Atem, who is celebrated for her dynamic and vibrant photographic self-portraits that explore identity, mythmaking and intergenerational storytelling.
Transforming herself through textiles, paint, costume and symbolic objects, Atem uses her own body as a vessel to explore themes of race, gender and colonialism, as well as the beauty and resilience of her Dinka Bor culture and Melbourne’s African diaspora. The exhibition showcases how Atem uses photography as a medium for celebration and reclamation, and how her practice interrogates how identity is performed, both in everyday life and before the camera, creating images in which history, memory and imagination intertwine.
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