Robert Fielding is a contemporary artist of Pakistani, Afghan, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara descent, who lives in Mimili Community in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. Fielding combines strong cultural roots with contemporary views on the tensions between community life and global concerns.
For NYARU, curated by Erin Vink and Aimee Frodsham, Fielding moves across different mediums, whilst pushing aesthetic and conceptual boundaries in central desert art, exploring the medium of glass as a new, but familiar material.
These works, when created, were a personal response to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum. Now, they are a seminal body of work for the artist, deeply introspective in his attempts to explore the past and to understand one’s sense of place within a much broader world.
Robert Fielding, Manta, 2024, salvaged buckets, glass. Courtesy the artist and Canberra Glassworks, Australian Capital Territory
Canberra Glassworks
9 May to 21 July 2024
Australian Capital Territory
