The 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, the National Gallery of Australia’s flagship exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, is coming to The University of Queensland Art Museum.
Ceremony remains central to the creative practice of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. From the intimate and personal to the collective and collaborative, ceremonies manifest through visual art, film, music and dance.
Featuring the work of 35 artists from across Australia, this exhibition reveals how ceremony is at the nexus of Country, of culture and of community.
The 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony is free to attend from August 27 to November 26. For more information, head to the University of Queensland website.
Image one: Darrell Sibosado, Bard people, Ngarrgidj Morr (the proper path to follow), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, image courtesy and © the artist
Image two: Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri (still), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
Image three: Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung peoples, Nyctinasty (still), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery © the artist
Image four: Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people, Maralitja, 2021, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia with the assistance of Geoffrey Pack and Leigh Pack, image courtesy the artist and The Mulka Project © Gutingarra Yunupingu
Image five: Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, Mambanha (the cry of mourning) (detail), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, image courtesy and © the artist