Black Mist Burnt Country: Testing the Bomb. Maralinga and Australian Art
24 September – 30 October 2016
S.H. Ervin Gallery, NSW
Black Mist Burnt Country: Testing the Bomb. Maralinga and Australian Art is a national touring exhibition of artworks by over 30 Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists commemorating the British atomic test series in Australia. Sixty years after the events this exhibition revisits the history of the test program at places such as Maralinga, Emu and Montebello Island, through works across the mediums of painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, music and new media spanning seven decades.
Curated by JD Mittmann
https://blackmistburntcountry.com.au/
Toured nationally 2016-2019: National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, NSW, Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, VIC, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD, Pinnacles Gallery, QLD, Glass House Regional Gallery, NSW, Western Plains Cultural Centre, NSW, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW, National Museum of Australia, ACT, Burrinja Dandenong Ranges Cultural Centre, VIC.
Artists: ADi, Lance Atkinson, Kim Bowman, Arthur Boyd, Jessie Boylan, Mick Broderick, Rita Bryant, Polly Charra, Cynthia Charra, Luke Cornish, Pam Debenham, Linda Dement, Blak Douglas, Kate Downhill, Terence Edwards, Yvonne Edwards-Tucker, Merilyn Fairskye, Verna Gibson, Weaver Hawkins, Ian Howard, Edwina Ingomar, Glenda Ken, Jonathan Kumintjarra Brown, Rosemary Laing, Craig MacDonald, Chips Mackinolty, Belinda Mason, Margaret May, Hilda Moodoo, Trevor Nickolls, Sidney Nolan, Susan Norrie, Adam Norton, Paul Ogier, Warren 'Ebay' Paul, Teresa Peters, Jeffrey Queama, Hugh Ramage, Toni Robertson, Reginald Rowed, Kate Shaw, Mima Smart, Karen Standke, Tjariya Stanley, Albert Tucker, Judy Watson, Mellissa Windlass, Carmel Windlass, Ann Marie Woods.
image: Adam Norton, Prohibited Area, 2010, acrylic on board, wooden poles and bolts, 240 x 122 x 7 cm
