Danie Mellor explores Australia’s shared history through the lens of his Indigenous and Anglo-Australian heritage. For this exhibition, Mellor examines memory and remembrance; the relationship between First Nations people, culture and Country; and the environmental and social impact of colonial history.
‘marru’ translates as ‘becoming visible’ in the Dyirbal language of Mellor’s matrilineal ancestors. His recomposed scenes meld archival and contemporary source imagery, reimagining historical pictorial records through painting, photography and moving image. In doing so, Mellor presents new ways of looking and visualises the unseeable and unseen.
Danie Mellor, Dark star waterfall (still), 2025, two-channel video projection: 16:9, colour, sound, 24 minutes; historic footage and images: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Queensland State Archives, State Library of Queensland. © Danie Mellor. Courtesy the artist, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Queensland Art Gallery
15 March to 3 August 2025
Brisbane
