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Wyndham Art Gallery Program 2023
We acknowledge the Bunurong people who always have and always will belong to the rivers, stars, hills and red soils of this Country where the Wyndham Art Gallery is built. May our words and actions lead us to respect Country, learn from Elders, and practice creative wisdom for future generations.
Wyndham Art Gallery – great art in the deep west. Wyndham Art Gallery offers a curated program that reflects the diverse social and cultural character of Wyndham. Its programs and projects allow the community of Wyndham to see themselves reflected back, providing a safe space for people of all cultures, genders and abilities to participate in what the gallery offers. Underlying these considerations is the galleries ongoing commitment to centre First Nations people, culture and knowledge, expanding our community’s connection to place and generating a sense of belonging in our community by learning from Indigenous ways of relating to people and place.
BETWEEN US BETWEEN US presents the significance of friendship and why we need them. How do our friendships nurture us in a unique way and what do they offer us that carries us forward? Guest curated by Ivy Mutuku. Ivy is a Kenyan born, Melbourne based photographer and filmmaker with a fire for visual storytelling. Artists: Kemka Ajoku, Bella Loke, Ivy Mutuku, Christina Nwabugo, Emerson Rocha, Najla Said, Tig Terera, John M Tubera, Ammar Yonis Opening: Wednesday 18 Jan, 6.30 – 8.30pm Exhibition: 19 Jan – 19 Mar Kemka Ajoku, Gestural Greetings (from the series Finding Common Ground), 2021, Photography. Image courtesy of the artist.
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CONTENT WARNING: Queer, Fat, Sexy The solo exhibition CONTENT WARNING: Fat, Queer, Sexy is a visual representation that the exploration and discovery of queerness is non-linear and ongoing, and that journey itself is an art form. Connor Ovenden-Shaw, Also Known as Foot, is a non-binary queer artist based on Wadawurrung land in Melbourne’s outer west. Opening: Wednesday 18 Jan 2023, 6.30 – 8.30pm Exhibition: 19 Jan – 19 Mar Connor Ovenden-Shaw, Self Proclaimed Enigma, 2022, C-Type Photograph. Image courtesy of the artist.
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the uncanny and the magnificent A solo exhibition by wãni toaishara (b.1990 in Bukavu, D.R. Congo). the uncanny and the magnificent is a solo exhibition featuring a full range of new and prominent works from the artist’s career to date and establishes a narrative arc of his expansive vision for the first time. wãni toaishara (b.1990 in Bukavu, D.R. Congo) is an award-winning artist living and working in Naarm/Melbourne. He is a current PhD candidate at Monash University’s Wominjeka Djeembana’s Research Lab investigating how the African experience can be re-imagined as pertaining to Indigeneity, and the effects of dislocation in a globalised anti-Black, Afrophobic society. Opening: Wednesday 29 March, 6.30 – 8.30pm Exhibition: 30 March – 28 May Performance: Friday 12 & Saturday 13 May wãni toaishara, do black boys go to heaven, 2021, photograph. Image courtesy of the artist.
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IWARA – Robert Fielding IWARA is a reminder that many cultural practices and traditions, worn down or destroyed by white intervention, are stronger than ever today. It comes from the very heart of our country – a unique perspective bringing together the knowledge of very distinct and divided realities. Guest curated by David Hagger. David is a Melbourne based curator, consultant and co-director of Blackartprojects. Robert Fielding is a contemporary artist of Yankunytjatjara, Western Arrernte, Pakistani and Afghan descent, who lives in Mimili community on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of South Australia. Opening: Wednesday 7 June, 6.30 – 8.30pm Exhibition: 8 June – 30 July Robert Fielding, Echoes #3: Tjalini (Lift or carry something heavy, carry a load, lug), 2019, C-type print on lustre paper. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Recent acquisitions highlights from First Nations artists Presenting recent Wyndham Art Gallery acquisitions from leading contemporary First Nations artists. Works include photography, video, mixed media and painting. Curated by dr megan evans and Olivia Poloni. Artists: Karen Casey, Maree Clarke, Michael Cook and Aunty Marlene Gilson. Opening: Wednesday 7 June, 6.30 – 8.30pm Exhibition: 8 June – 30 July Michael Cook, Nature Morte (Blackbird), 2021, Inkjet print. Image courtesy of the artist.
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2023 Wyndham Art Prize Wyndham Art Gallery established the Wyndham Art Prize in 2015. It has become one of the largest prizes, regarding the number of artists shortlisted, in the country. Each year the artists are selected by Wyndham Art Gallery curators and judged by independent curators and art professionals. Opening: Wednesday 16 August, 6.30 – 8.30pm Exhibition: 17 Aug – 29 Oct 2022 Wyndham Art Prize Winner, More Like a River (Portrait), Lilah Benetti, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist.
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2023 Wynnies Art Prize Wynnies Art Prize is Wyndham City’s annual art prize for children. Wyndham’s youngest artists are on display at the Wyndham Art Gallery alongside the Wyndham Art Prize 2023. Exhibition: 17 Aug – 29 Oct Violet Deering, 12 yrs. Image courtesy of the artist.
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WEATHER/Whether An exhibition that looks at the effects of climate change and the weather on our lived experience. How are we coming to terms with the weather we are experiencing and what might be coming in our future? Do we adapt, resist, control or ignore these major weather incidents that are happening more and more often? Curated by dr megan evans and Olivia Poloni. Opening: Wednesday 8 November, 6.30 – 8.30pm Exhibition: 9 Nov – 17 Dec Keg de Souza, Not a Drop to Drink Cartographies, 2022, Wominjeka Djeembana Lab. Image Lucas Abela.
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177 Watton Street, Werribee 3030 Bunurong Country #deepwest wyndham.vic.gov.au/arts Wyndham Art Gallery Program 2023
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