New exhibition in Darwim featuring leading comtemporary works
Works from some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists, including a Northern Territory contingent, have gone on display in a new exhibition in Darwin.
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00:00 From the mundane to the surreal, the everyday lives of Australians from a range of backgrounds,
00:07 captured by 52 Australian artists at the top of their game.
00:11 There's an amazing opportunity for the whole of the Northern Territory community to come and see,
00:15 really a selection of some of the greatest visual artists working in this country today.
00:19 It's a rich tapestry of works on display.
00:22 These ceramic portraits by supermarket worker Kenny Pittock are created from discarded shopping lists.
00:28 He realised that these were very tender representations of who these people were
00:33 and so he has painstakingly created each of these shopping lists in ceramics.
00:41 Among the leading Australian artists are some recognisable Northern Territory names,
00:46 like Tiwi artist Jonathan 'World Peace' Bush.
00:49 This work is a really important work. It talks about treaty, it talks about keeping culture strong.
00:54 I think anyone who comes in will be like, 'Oh, I might know this artist, I might know their family.'
00:59 Or, 'I definitely recognise Tiwi art.'
01:02 Artists from the Northern Territory have always travelled the world and exhibited to critical acclaim,
01:07 but now in this exhibition, the world has come to the Northern Territory.
01:11 There are some amazing, absolute NT rock star artists in this exhibition.
01:14 It's great to see them amongst their national peers and there's a lot of subject matter in here.
01:19 This is very close to the Territorians' hearts, I think.
01:21 The language of family, mythology and the future, spoken everywhere.
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