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Balancing Act
Gordon Bennett Painting for a New Republic (The inland sea) 1994. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 232 x 507 cm. The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Gift of the Friends of the Art Gallery, 1995. © The Estate of Gordon Bennett. Photo: Bo Wong.
Balancing Act
Our story is not one story, but many stories to share.
Balancing Act features Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander works of art from the State Art Collection. In this exhibition, you will encounter a vast range of material revealing the wide scope of First Nations truth-telling and art-making practice. Radical observations about the ups and downs of life are placed side by side with expressions of relationships with Custodial Country; the locations and places artists and communities care for, according to their kin and family ties with place.
Different versions of history are told, at times emotional and challenging, alongside moments of great beauty and poignancy. Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists use their cultural production to investigate feelings and unpack ideas around identity in the wake of colonisation. Others use their work as a way to support and express their own grief and healing, as well as to express joy and cultural belonging.
Balancing Act invites you to be surprised, delighted and challenged by the stories told through the eyes of First Nations artists and their works of art.
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Vincent Namatjira Gina Rinehart and me II 2017. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 91 cm x 122 cm. The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: TomorrowFund, 2017. © Vincent Namatjira, 2017.
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Amanda "Mandy" White Barking Owl 2020. Painted steel, 53 x 54 x 21 cm. The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: COVID-19 Arts Stimulus Package, 2021.
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Noreen Parker Walka Pulka 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 76.0 x 56.0 cm. The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: COVID-19 Arts Stimulus Package, 2020.
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Michael Cook Mother (Seesaw) 2016. Inkjet print on paper, 80 x 120 cm. The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased 2016. © Michael Cook, 2016.
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Shirley MaCNamara Garnangadha Guutu (Emu vessel) 2017. Emu feathers, spinifex, bone, wax thread and ochre, 23 x 33.3 x 32 cm. The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the Sir Claude Hotchin Art Foundation, The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2018. © Shirley MacNamara, 2017.
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Shane Pickett Calling for rain – The Wanyarang suite 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 248 x 370 x 4 cm (total size of eight panels). The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the The Leah Jane Cohen Bequest, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2008. © Shane Pickett, 2007.
