NATIONAL ANTHEM
8 March – 7 July 2019Read More
Channelling humour and satire and engaging in tactics such as play, intervention and confrontation, the artists in National Anthem sought self-determination and collectively held a mirror up to contemporary Australia, prompting new representations of who we are or who we might aspire to become.
Artists: Brook Andrew, Abdul Abdullah, Kay Abude, Hoda Afshar, Tony Albert, Ali Gumillya Baker, Archie Barry, Richard Bell, Daniel Boyd, Juan Davila, Destiny Deacon, Janenne Eaton, Tony Garifalakis, Eugenia Lim, Tracey Moffatt, Callum Morton, Hoang Tran Nguyen, Raquel Ormella, Mike Parr, Steven Rhall, Tony Schwensen, Christian Thompson, Paul Yore and Siying Zhou.
Gallery
Installation view, National Anthem, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2019; Artwork L-R: Abdul Abdullah, ‘Home #2’ 2012; Juan Davila, ‘Detained’ 2014, ‘Die Elsewhere’, 2014, ‘Un-Australian’, 2014; Steven Rhall, ‘Every 1’s a Winger (Bingo Mode)’ 2018. All works © the artists. Photography Christian Capurro.
Installation view, ‘National Anthem’, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2019, with Daniel Boyd, ‘Untitled (GMGCC)’, 2018; Janenne Eaton, ‘Borderlands’, 2018; Eugenia Lim, ‘New Australians (Welcome Stranger, 1869/2015)’ 2015, ‘New Australians (Yellow Peril 1980/2015)’, 2015. All works © the artists. Photography Christian Capurro.
Installation view, ‘National Anthem’, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2019. Artworks L–R: Christian Thompson, ‘Dead Tongue’ 2015; Paul Yore, ‘THIS MOMENT IS CRITICAL’ 2014. All works © the artists. Photography Christian Capurro.
Installation view, National Anthem, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2019. Artwork L-R: Hoda Afshar, ‘The Westoxicated #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9’ 2013-14. Courtesy the artist. All works © the artist. Photography Christian Capurro.
Installation view, National Anthem, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2019. Artworks L–R: Tracey Moffatt, ‘Scarred for Life I, Doll Birth 1972’ 1994, ‘Scarred for Life I, Useless, 1974’ 1994, Scarred for Life I, Job Hunt, 1976’ 1994; Callum Morton, ‘Glenville Souvenirs, Mt. Irvine, NSW’ 2001; Tony Albert ‘Clash’ 2019; Richard Bell, ‘A prelude to imaging victory’ 2012-13. All works © the artists. Photography Christian Capurro.
Installation view, National Anthem, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 8 March – 7 July 2019, photography Christian Capurro
Installation view, National Anthem, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 8 March – 7 July 2019, photography Christian Capurro
Installation view, National Anthem, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 8 March – 7 July 2019, photography Christian Capurro
Exhibition Catalogue
National Anthem focuses on artistic engagements with contested notions of contemporary Australian identity, particularly from a perspective of difference and/or exclusion, and foregrounds a multiplicity of artistic voices from both within and outside the collection loudly and simultaneously.
Contributors include Sophie Knezic, Kate Just, Andy Butler and Linda Short. Foreward by Ryan Johnston.
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SUPPORTERS
Image credit: Brook Andrew Emu 2004, The University of Melbourne Art Collection, Michael Buxton Collection Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Michael and Janet Buxton 2018 © the artist