Maree Clarke: Ancestral Memories at the National Gallery of Victoria

Artist Maree Clarke’s (Boonwurrung/WambaWamba/Mutti Mutti/Yorta Yorta) exhibition Ancestral Memories is the first solo show by a living Victorian Aboriginal artist to be featured in the National Gallery of Victoria. Read two articles about Maree’s newest exhibition here:

1. ABC Arts, by Maddee Clark, ‘Artist Maree Clarke’s extraordinary practice celebrated in first solo show by a living Victorian Aboriginal artist at the NGV’, go to: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-13/ngv-exhibition-maree-clarke-ancestral-memories/
2. Also see the NGV Magazine, Issue 29, Jul-Aug. 2021, pp.18-29 for an article by Dr. Fran Edmonds titled ‘Maree Clarke: Making Memories’ , go to: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/ngv-magazine/issue-29-jul-aug-2021/#dearflip-df_157094/27/

A major catalogue of Maree’s exhibition is also available, Maree Clarke, Ancestral Memories. Edited by Myles Russell Cooke, it features chapters by Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics and curators, including: Fran Edmonds,  Kimberley Moulton, Charlotte Day, Clair Coleman, Hannah Presley, Helen Ennis and Judith Ryan.

Maree Clarke: Ancestral Memories is showing at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia (Melbourne) until 3 October 2021.

(Image credit: NGV/Maree Clarke)