First Nations Portraits in the Galleries
Highlights
- Explore new First Nations works at the State Library, celebrating 200 years of cultural heritage and artistic expression.
- Engage with Indigenous leaders like Damien Webb and Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, enhancing your understanding of Aboriginal representation.
- Listen to insightful discussions beside newly hung portraits, revealing the evolving narrative of Aboriginal identity in art.
- Visit the Paintings from the Collection exhibition, where history and contemporary perspectives intertwine in a unique artistic experience.
In connection with the State Library’s 200th Anniversary and the display of new First Nations works, Indigenous Engagement Manager Damien Webb is joined by soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO and education leader Lynette Riley AO, along with their portrait artists Vicki Sullivan and Charlotte Lund. Speaking in the Paintings from the Collection exhibition beside their newly hung portraits, the panel will reflect on how Aboriginal people have been depicted, collected and presented throughout the Library’s history, and on the experience of being portrayed, or of portraying others.
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