Welcome to Wurrdha Marra – meaning ‘Many Mobs’ in the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung language. The name comes to the NGV from the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and supports the purpose of this space in sharing the work of First Nations artists, from emerging to senior figures, and across time and place.
For First Nations peoples around the world, art and design are part of a continuum where the past intersects with the present, different materials converge, and diverse perspectives come together. The central role of art in passing down important cultural knowledge is celebrated in this display through the diverse approaches that artists take to maintaining and regenerating customary cultural practices and iconography while also creating new forms of expression.
The works included in this inaugural hang are by emerging
artists as well as senior figures across both time and place. Each of these
artists has in their own way been at the forefront in creating new forms of
expression, and in maintaining and regenerating customary cultural practices
and iconography.
Great individual artists, working in Aboriginal-owned art
centres or independently after studying at art school, continue to shape and
transform art in Australia, inspiring many others to follow their example.
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/wurrdha-marra/
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