On Friday, December 1, Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine AO will open the Summer Exhibition Suite at the Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest.
It will also feature a performance by Nicole Monks, a trans-disciplinary artist of Yamatji Wajarri, Dutch and English heritage, whose work is included in the exhibition.
Comprising two complementary exhibitions, Up in the Sky and Landing Points, the Summer Suite will be on from December 2 until March 4, 2018.
On the 20th anniversary of Tracey Moffatt’s work Up in the Sky, contemporary artists respond with a series of 25 black and white photographs.
Headlining the suite, Landing Points will, along with commissioned essays, look to Moffatt’s work as a starting point in consideration of the last 20 years of race, place and identity in Australia.
Eleven artists have responded to the cultural complexities layered in the Australian landscape and our relation to it to produce new works. The works by artists Tim Johnson, Jason Wing, Alana Hunt, Caroline Garcia, Victoria Garcia, Carla Leech, Nicole Monks, Mark Shorter, Cigdem Aydemir Joan Ross and Hayley Megan French showcase several different artistic approaches, including painting, performance, photography, film and installation.
Mr Mundine will deliver the opening address for the exhibition. Overcoming segregation, discrimination, racism, personal hardship and political betrayal, he tells it all in his just released book Warren Mundine in Black+White.
The book will be on sale and available to be signed by Mr Mundine at the opening.
To reserve a place, please RSVP by Thursday, November 30 on 4735 1100 or email gallery@penrithcity.
