Archie Moore : kith and kin - Moore, Archie; Buttrose, Ellie; Lucas-Pennington, Grace (Leipzig : Creative Australia : Spector Books, 2024)
Awarded with the Golden Lion at the 60th Venice Biennale 2024. Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore is renowned for politically astute and materially delicate portrays of self and national histories. This black monograph draws upon the artist’s research with family, community and archivists to celebrate First Nations Australian sovereignty and kinship ties that span more than 2,400 generations and 65,000 years. Archie’s extensive genealogical project captures the common ancestors of all humans, emphasising the universality of the family tree. Essays highlight how Archie enacts Indigenous language maintenance and confronts ongoing legacies of colonisation, including the overincarceration of Indigenous peoples in Australia. The publication centres a First Nations Australian understanding of time, where past, present and future are coexistent. The book and corresponding exhibition curated by Ellie Buttrose are commissioned by Creative Australia. (provided by publisher)
kith and kin contains names and images of my ancestors and relations, now deceased, to map my own family's history, which also mirrors the history of the australian continent. / On the occasion of the exhibition held at the Australia Pavilion at the 60th international art exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, April 20 - November 24, 2024
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Keywords: Moore, Archie