LORE and LAND is an exhibition grounded in the deep cultural knowledge, ancestral connections and sovereign rights of Australian First Nations peoples.
Drawing from the Sunshine Coast Art Collection, the exhibition explores the enduring relationships First Nations artists hold with Country, culture, community and identity. Through painting, sculpture, textiles, digital media, installation and story work, the artworks articulate living systems of knowledge, custodianship and cultural memory passed across generations.
The exhibition also foregrounds issues of dispossession, colonisation, truth-telling, sovereignty and justice, while celebrating the resilience, continuity and strength of First Nations cultural knowledge and practice. Presented during NAIDOC Week’s 50 Years of Deadly milestone, LORE and LAND invites audiences to engage with cultural geographies that long predate colonial mappings of Australia.
Image Details: Tony Albert | Notorious B.E.L.L. | 2006 | Type C photograph, edition 1/5 | 100 x 100 cm | Sunshine Coast Art Collection
