After the Rain: 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial

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After the Rain documents the creative processes of 10 contemporary art projects commissioned for the National Gallery of Australia's major recurrent exhibition dedicated to First Nations art and artists in Australia, the National Indigenous Art Triennial. This, the fifth iteration, features projects by Thea Anamara Perkins; Blaklash; Aretha Brown; House of Namatjira (with Albert Namatjira, Vincent Namatjira, Hermannsburg Potters and Itja Ntjarra Art Centre); Grace Kemarre Robinya and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists; Naminapu Maymuru-White; Dylan Mooney; Alair Pambegan; Jimmy John Thaiday and Warraba Weatherall.

Edited by the exhibition's artistic director Tony Albert, the publication shares stories of artistic collaborations, longstanding friendships and generational practices from Erub in Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Islands to Ntaria/Hermannsburg in Central Australia.

Alongside artist profiles, the publication includes commissioned essays addressing legacies, identities and climate change by contributing First Nations writers Bruce Johnson McLean, Jilda Andrews, Daniel Browning and Yessie Mosby. Original portraits of the exhibition's artists by the celebrated Western Aranda painter Vincent Namatjira punctuate a vibrantly illustrated publication.

After the Rain invites readers to engage with First Nations art and artists and acknowledge and celebrate the cultural warriors of the past, present and future.

Author Bio

Tony Albert (Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples, born 1981, Townsville, Queensland) is an established contemporary artist with a longstanding interest in the cultural misrepresentation of Aboriginal people. Drawing on both personal and collective histories, his multidisciplinary practice considers the ways in which optimism might be utilised to overcome adversity. His work poses crucial questions such as how do we remember, give justice to, and rewrite complex and traumatic histories

Albert is acknowledged industry wide as a valued ambassador for Indigenous community and culture. He was recently announced as the inaugural Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain First Nations Curatorial Fellow. He is the first Indigenous Trustee for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, a member of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Indigenous advisory, a board member forthe City of Sydney's Public Art Panel and member of the Art & Place Board at the Queensland Children's Hospital and in January 2023 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Griffith University for his significant contribution to the arts.