EXHIBITION DATES:Saturday, 22 September 2012 - Sunday, 28 October 2012
OPENING:Friday 21 September 6-8pm
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Artists' Interviews
Glenn Iseger-Pilkington has curated Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts' current exhibition omission. This exhibition explores Australia's tragic colonial history, in particular the overt culture and practice of division, exclusion and omission of Indigenous peoples, their cultures, their landscapes and the creatures that occupy them. The exhibition continues until 28 October 2012.
Seven indigenous artists Bindi Cole, Michael Cook, Fiona Foley, Sandra Hill, Danie Mellor, Reko Rennie and Yhonnie Scarce each interrogate these omissions. They give voice to those who did not have that opportunity while simultaneously paying homage to their Indigenous ancestors. They make a loud and unapologetic declaration that such injustices and atrocities shall not go unwritten, unmade or unremembered.
Bindi Cole's installation Goodbye Pain, 2012, explores forgiveness and is conceptually grounded in personal memory and experience, yet told through the face of another.
Michael Cook's work interrogates Australian history through the rendering of scenes that sit equally in the realm of reality and the fictional. His striking imagery challenges our national history whilst exploring the stereotypes of Indigenous people which have come into being through an endless production line of kitsch Aboriginalia.
Fiona Foley's evocative and challenging works are well-known for their capacity to make an audience complicit within their narratives. The Oyster Fisherman series tells of a harrowing day for one Indigenous woman.
Sandra Hill is a member of the Stolen Generation. Her works tell a painful history, shared by many Indigenous Australian peoples while asserting cultural strength and personal determination.
Danie Mellor's engages with historical imagery to explore connection and custodianship of place beyond that of the western notion of ownership. His works depict a transformed Australian landscape, with all of its omissions and falsities.
Reko Rennie is an artist who approaches history and politics in a very accessible and overt fashion. Finding comfort in making statements of gravity, Rennie interrogates the Church's involvement in the forcible removal of Indigenous children.
Yhonnie Scarce is a practitioner with a powerful sensibility. Her glass works pay homage to the many Indigenous peoples massacred in the establishment of the Australian colonies.
Glenn Iseger-Pilkington is a curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. He is a member of the Wadjarri, Nhanda and Nyoongar peoples of Western Australia. Omission is open from 22 September to 28 October 2012. The gallery opens from Tuesday to Friday from 1pm-5pm and weekends 11am-5pm.
