Curated by Emily McDaniel, ‘Measured Response’ brings together contemporary Aboriginal perspectives that engage with bodily and spiritual practices of art-making, using themselves as a point of reference for measurement and creation: a weaver uses an arm’s reach to measure lengths of string, a ceramicist choreographs their hands to create form, and hand-blown glass needs the artist’s breath to take shape.
‘Measured Response’ demonstrates how our relationship to the world is calibrated through our bodily dimensions. Tamara Baillie, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Penny Evans, Euraba Artists and Papermakers, Julie Freeman, Hands On Wagga Weavers, Yhonnie Scarce, Lucy Simpson, Dr Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher (Thanakupi), AO and Delissa Walker explore hidden or obscure stories, accounts and cultures in Australia’s 230-year history of colonisation.
Penny Evans, Estuarine Creatures with Gawu, 2018, white earthenware with sgraffito and glazes, echidna quills, emu feathers, plastic flowers, raffia. Gawu (egg) 21x18cm (diam), other dimensions variable. Photograph: Penny Evans
National Art School
Until 28 July, 2018
Sydney
