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Merri-bek City Council
Work on paper - Charcoal and pages from Aboriginal Words and Place Names, Jenna Lee, Without us, 2022
Jenna Lee dissects and reconstructs colonial 'Indigenous dictionaries' and embeds the works with new cultural meaning. Long obsessed with the duality of the destructive and healing properties that fire can yield, this element has been applied to the paper in the forms of burning and mark-making. In Without Us, Lee uses charcoal to conceal the text on the page, viewing this process as a ritualistic act of reclaiming and honouring Indigenous heritage while challenging the oppressive legacies of colonialism. Lee explains in Art Guide (2022), ‘These books in particular [used to create the proposed works] are Aboriginal language dictionaries—but there’s no such thing as “Aboriginal language”. There are hundreds of languages. The dictionary just presents words, with no reference to where they came from. It was specifically published by collating compendiums from the 1920s, 30s and 40s, with the purpose to give [non-Indigenous] people pleasant sounding Aboriginal words to name children, houses and boats. And yet the first things that were taken from us was our language, children, land and water. And the reason our words were so widely written down was because [white Australians] were trying to eradicate us. They thought we were going extinct. The deeper you get into it, the darker it gets. But the purpose of my work is to take those horrible things and cast them as something beautiful.’Framed artwork -
Merri-bek City Council
Work on paper - Aerosol painting, synthetic polymer, gouache and colour pencils on Magnani paper, Luke King, Portrait, 2023
Luke King’s mixed media artwork Portrait (2023) was shown in the group exhibition Fever’Dreams at the Counihan Gallery in 2023. The group exhibition explored the slippery boundaries between abstract and figurative artwork, showcasing local artists with a strong connection to Merri-bek’s arts community. King uses portraiture to highlight the importance of gesture and facial expression in personal storytelling. Exhibition curator of Fever’Dreams, Mitchel Brannan, writes of King’s work: ‘King explores the profound capacity of the human face to convey emotions within the context of constraint. Through his art, King invites viewers to reflect on the complexities of human expression and the underlying dynamics of restraint within society.’ -
Merri-bek City Council
Photograph - Digital print on Ilford Fibre Pearl paper, Kim Kruger, Within ten miles of Melbourne 1, 2022
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Merri-bek City Council
Photograph - Digital print on Ilford Fibre Pearl paper, Kim Kruger, Within ten miles of Melbourne 2, 2022
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Merri-bek City Council
Photograph - Digital print on Ilford Fibre Pearl paper, Kim Kruger, Splitting logs for a “feed” 1, 2022
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Federation University Historical Collection
Pamphlet - Visitor Guides, Ballarat College of Advanced Education Visitor Guides for Mt Helen Campus, 1978 - 1987
Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predecessor of Federation University .1 Pale green trifold pamphlet with black writing 1978 .2 Lime Green trifold pamphlet with black writing 1979 .3 Yellow trifold pamphlet with black writing and a white insert 1980 .4 Pale blue trifold pamphlet with blue writing 1981 .5 Mustard coloured A5 booklet with black printing 1982 .6 Pale Yellow A5 booklet with black printing 1983 .7 Dusty yellow A5 booklet with black printing 1985 .8 White four fold pamphlet with Florescent Pink background with black and white images and black writing 1986 .9 Royal Blue four fold pamphlet with black and white writing and images 1987ballarat college of advanced education, open day, visitors guide, education, applied science, art, business studies, general and community studies, engineering, librarianship, humanities, e.j. barker -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, Sarah Canham, #Fliporflop 1, 2 & 3, 2021
'Home' is a symbol of hopes, dreams, comfort, love, family and future. It is both a place and an idea, nor does it remain in time and space. It can also represent a time of sadness , fear and loss. Through the roller-coaster of the past year, I have used a series of homes belonging to family and friends. Each artwork of home tells a different story about its occupants, their story, and what home mean to them. Sarah CANHAM Sarah has had a life-long love of creative arts and a passion for nature she has pursued in her career. She has a Bachelor Applied Science degree from Charles Sturt University, a Masters of Environment from University of Melbourne, and works in natural resource management and conservation. Studying part time Sarah Canham completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Federation University Arts Academy in 2021. Her art is an expression of the awe she has for the natural world, and concerns for the future, including for our indigenous culture, and native flora and fauna in Australia. She also reflects on the current and past women and mother artists who have experienced the challenge of juggling art, career and motherhood, and have been under-represented in the arts community for millennia.Three handbuilt, slab construction, stoneware formsceramics, sarah canham, dvc art award, alumni -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, margins, memories and markers - neighbourhood stories, May 2003
'margins, memories and markers'(mmm) is a public art project that has drawn on stories from the local community to crewate six public artworks and 28 bronze plaques in the City of Port Phillip.'margins, memories and markers - neighbourhood stories', a publication containing stories gathered by writer/artist Julie SHIELS, May 2003, for a public art project funded by the city of Port Phillip and VicHealth. 56pp.arts and entertainment - community arts, memorials, julie shiels, anne callaghan, margins memories and markers