Vincent Namatjira in conversation with Lisa Slade and Bruce Johnson-McLean
Vincent Namatjira at Iwantja Arts, 2023, Photographer: Rohan Thomson
About
Vincent Namatjira (Western Aranda people) in conversation with Lisa Slade (Assistant Director, Art Gallery of South Australia) and Bruce Johnson-McLean (Weirdi, Birri-Gubba peoples, Assistant Director, First Nations Engagement and Head Curator, First Nations Art, National Gallery of Australia).
The first Indigenous artist to win the Archibald Prize, Vincent Namatjira has become known as a subversive and witty portraitist and a satirical chronicler of Australian identity.
The panel will discuss his paintings of important figures, both personal and political, and ideas about power, politics and history that inform his work.
The artist will also reflect on the influence of his great-grandfather, Western Arranda artist, Albert Namatjira. A selection of Albert Namatjira’s watercolours from the national collection are featured in the exhibition, only at the National Gallery.
Online bookings close at 12pm on the day of the event. Ticket holders will receive a link via email to access the livestream by 2pm on the day of the event. Please contact the Gallery on +61 2 6240 6411 or information@nga.gov.au if you do not receive your viewing link.
Vincent Namatjira: Australia in colour is on display at the National Gallery from 2 Mar – 21 Jul 2024.
This is a Tarnanthi touring exhibition presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia.
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Vincent Namatjira is a Western Aranda painter from Indulkana in South Australia. He won the Ramsay Art Prize in 2019, the Archibald Prize in 2020 and received a Medal of the Order of Ausatralia (OAM) in honour of his contribution to Indigenous visual arts.
Dr Lisa Slade is Assistant Director, Artistic Programs at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Bruce Johnson-McLean (Wierdi, Birri-Gubba peoples) is Assistant Director, First Nations Engagement and Head Curator, First Nations Art at the National Gallery of Australia.
