Indigenous art

Free entry

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square

Ground Level

19 Apr 14 – 26 Jan 15

19 Apr 14 – 26 Jan 15

This multi-disciplinary collection display continues the Melbourne Now focus on contemporary Indigenous art practice, but expands the compass from greater Melbourne to the length and breadth of Indigenous Australia.

ContemporaryFirst Nations

Select Works

Emily Kam Kngwarray
Anwerlarr anganenty (Big yam Dreaming) 1995
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
291.1 x 801.8 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Donald and Janet Holt and family, Governors, 1995
1995.709
© Emily Kam Kngwarray/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia Nici Cumpston
Tree stumps, western shoreline - Nookamka 2007
watercolour and pencil on inkjet print on canvas
74.2 x 202.8 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2008
2008.6
© Nici Cumpston Jakayu Biljabu
Yikartu Bumba
May Chapman
Nyanjilpayi Nancy Chapman
Doreen Chapman
Linda James
Donna Loxton
Mulyatingki Marney
Reena Rogers
Beatrice Simpson
Ronelle Simpson
Muntararr Rosie Williams
Ngayarta Kujarra 2009
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
300.6 x 500.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2011
2011.276
© the artists, courtesy Martumili Artists, Newman