The Araluen Arts Centre is pleased to present RESOLUTION: new Indigenous photomedia, a touring exhibition from the National Gallery of Australia.

Drawn from the National Gallery of Australia Collection, RESOLUTION includes some of the most exciting and thought-provoking contemporary photomedia, photography and moving-image works produced by Indigenous artists.

“We are thrilled to have the National Gallery of Australia return to the Araluen Arts Centre with another diverse and dynamic touring exhibition of artworks from their collection,” Director of the Araluen Cultural Precinct Director, Dr Mark Crees said.

“Throughout Australia, Indigenous artists engage with photography and new media in ways that confront, provoke and excite.

“RESOLUTION utilises both contemporary photomedia practices and early photographic techniques to provide an insight into historical, personal and cultural issues that are incredibly relevant today.”

The foundations of contemporary Indigenous photography were laid in the late 1980s with a generation of politicised and provocative artists who documented their experiences around the events of the Bicentennial marking 200 years of European settlement.

The last 30 years has seen its maturation and the emergence of artists who engage critically, thoughtfully, sometimes forcefully, with the present and the past.

RESOLUTION is a physical, embodied and thought-provoking exhibition of works by artists grappling with the challenging, hybrid nature of contemporary society.

This exhibition will showcase photography and new media works by artists such as Tony Albert, Daniel Boyd, Michael Cook, Brenda Croft, Niki Cumpston, Danie Mellor, Christian Thompson, and others.

The exhibition also includes works by local film director and cinematographer Warwick Thornton.

RESOLUTION will be officially opened by Kelli Cole, Assistant Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the National Gallery of Australia, on Friday 9 June at 6.00pm.

The general public are also invited to learn more on Saturday 10 June at 11am, when Kelli Cole is joined by contributing artist Robert Fielding, of Mimili community in the APY lands, for a floor talk on this exciting exhibition.

RESOLUTION runs until August 13.

Media interview Araluen Arts Centre Director, Dr Mark Crees, 08 8951 1126

Image: Christian Thompson Gods and kings 2015 from The Imperial Relic, chromogenic print. National Gallery of Australia Canberra purchased 2016. Courtesy of Michael Reid Sydney.