PublishedAust. Centre For Contemp. Art, February 2025 |
ISBN9780645832860 |
FormatSoftcover |
Fusing First Nations cultural traditions, the industrial materiality of the mining industry, and regional and global art influences, this title and its accompanying exhibition asserts and re-imagines the artists cross-cultural identities, drawing upon the haunting wounds of post-contact histories, the renewal and remaking of cultural practices, and the collaborative resilience and audaciously punk attitude of a frontier community.
Encompassing contemporary artists from Northern Central Australia and Melbourne, Tennant Creek Brio includes key members Fabian Brown Japaljarri, Lindsay Nelson Jakamarra, Rupert Betheras, Joseph Williams Jungarayi, Clifford Thompson Japaljarri, Jimmy Frank Jupurrula, Fabian Rankine Jampijinpa, Marcus Camphoo Kemarre, and collaborators including Eleanor Jawurlngali Dixon, Lvi McLean, and Gary Sullibhaine. The group first converged in 2016 when the artists initiated an outreach program at the local mens centre, Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation.
