Inviting engagement with First Nations knowledge, perspectives, and experiences, New Acquisitions / New Perspectives is an exhibition of selected artworks acquired by FUMA from 2018 to 2023. In the juxtaposition of prints, paintings and photographs, the exhibition amplifies the diverse and distinctive vision of individual artists, while revealing the intersecting themes and shared concerns that connect them.
Artists include Ali Gumillya Baker, Michael Cook, Djäti Garrawurra, Vanessa Inkamala, Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, Arone Raymond Meeks, Hayley Millar Baker, Wanharrawurr Munuggur 2, Marrnyula Munuŋgurr, Claude Pannka, r e a, Brenton Raberaba, Wenten Rubuntja, Sandra Saunders, Siena Milkila Stubbs, Christian Thompson, Whiskey Tjukangku, James Tylor and Laura Wills, Dhukumul Wanambi, Elaine Woods and Venita Woods, and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu.
Michael Cook, Livin’ the dream (BBQ), 2020, inkjet pigment print, 120 × 180cm (sheet), ed. 7/8. Gift of the artist donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift Program, Collection of Flinders University Museum of Art 5974. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Jan Murphy Gallery, Queensland, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne and Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA), South Australia
Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA)
10 July to 15 September 2023
South Australia
