‘Future Primitive’ conveys a link to modern twentieth-century art inspired by indigenous artifacts – a history that is the subject of works by artists such as Narelle Jubelin, Daniel Boyd, and Alasdair McLuckie, who are among 18 artists from Australia and New Zealand included in the exhibition.
The exhibition draws together a range of work by artists who combine modernist ideas or forms with atavistic, totemic or tribal motifs, employ traditional handcrafts or fundamental materials and ways of making, such as ceramics or weaving to contemporary ends, or forge their personal style/identity through images or ideas they identify with across cultures and times.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
23 November, 2013 to 2 March, 2014
Melbourne
Rohan Wealleans, Fowl Hook 5, 2007, synthetic polymer paint, thread, wood and polystyrene, 90 x 82 x 45cm
Courtesy the artist and Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
