First Nations artist Archie Moore to represent Australia at 2024 Venice Biennale
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- 21 Feb 2023
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The exhibition, curated by Ellie Buttrose of the Queensland Art Gallery’s Gallery of Modern Art, will be the third in the Australian pavilion selected via an open call process
First Nations artist Archie Moore will represent Australia at the 2024 Venice Biennale (20 April-24 November 2024), the Australia Council for the Arts announced on Wednesday (8 February). His exhibition will be curated by Ellie Buttrose, curator of contemporary Australian art at the Queensland Art Gallery’s Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane.
Although details of Moore’s proposed work for Venice are yet to be released, the Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist from Queensland is known for producing sprawling installations and emotionally charged works that often explore the tension between his own memories and experiences and the official history of Australia from the onset of colonialism. According to Buttrose, Archie is singular in his “ability to engage audiences on an emotional level through memories and familial stories in artworks”. Read More…
