Ceremony features the work of thirty-five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, who reveal how ceremony is at the nexus of Country, culture, and community through their intimate and personal, collective and collaborative approach to artmaking.
A process of healing through ceremony and art is explored, with a conscious engagement of past histories. This exhibition challenges and unsettles; animates and heals: “The idea of artists as ‘radical agents’ is central to Ceremony with works that are active, works that are activist, works that activate,” said curator Hetti Perkins.
Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte, Yankunytjatjara people, Graveyards in between, 2017. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Mimili Maku Arts, Northern Territory, National Gallery of Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Araluen Arts Centre, Northern Territory
Araluen Arts Centre
25 March to 11 June 2023
Northern Territory
