Living Archive of Aboriginal Art Online Exhibition

On Friday 5th March 2021, the Living Archive of Aboriginal Art project team launched the Living Archive of Aboriginal Art Online Exhibition. The exhibition showcases a selection of Maree Clarke’s (Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung) photographs from NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) activities in the early 1990s. They are among the earliest images taken by Maree during her photographic cadetship with the Victorian Women’s Trust. A new series of photos, by Maree, of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in Melbourne/Naarm (June 2020) is also included, highlighting her ongoing commitment to record events of significance for her community.

This is a space where we hope the Aboriginal community can engage with the NAIDOC photographs in the exhibition, and the Maree Clarke Collection more broadly.

We encourage anyone recognises people in the photographs, or who would like to share stories about the photographs, to fill in the form located on the “We Need Your Help” page on the exhibition website.

We hope you enjoy the Living Archive of Art Online Exhibition.

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE EXHIBITION CONTAINS IMAGES AND NAMES OF DECEASED PERSONS.