OCCurrent Affair

First presented at University of Queensland Art Museum, this touring exhibition from Museums and Galleries NSW, brings together politically charged works by acclaimed First Nations artists from the Brisbane based artist collective proppaNOW: Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey and Laurie Nilsen, celebrating the strength, resilience and continuity of Aboriginal culture. Together with the monumentally immersive works by Reihana and Hazara, the politically charged works in OCCurrent Affair combine to deepen the reflection and protest, of the inequities suffered by peoples across the globe as a result of Empire building. They challenge us to forge a better future amidst the growing darkness of adversity, in times of profound geopolitical tension and enduring repression, these artists present truth-telling as the way to illuminate a path through this darkness.

An exhibition from The University of Queensland Art Museum touring with Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. This project is assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program. OPENING EVENT Thursday 9 February

EXHIBITION 10 February – 16 April

SUPPORTED BY Perth Festival Wesfarmers Arts Lotterywest

proppaNOW: TONY ALBERT, JENNIFER HERD, GORDON HOOKEY, MEGAN COPE, RICHARD BELL, VERNON AH KEE (LEFT TO RIGHT). PHOTO: RHETT HAMMERTON.