Tickets
Free, numbers are strictly limited.
To secure your place, phone or email Benalla Art Gallery: T 03 5760 2619 or gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Talk: Atong Atem
14 May 2022
![Image: Atong Atem, [Henna 1], 2021. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Henna-1-copy-2-200x147.jpg "Henna 1 copy 2")
Image: Atong Atem, Henna 1, 2021. Courtesy the artist.
Image: Atong Atem, Henna 1, 2021. Courtesy the artist.
When
14 May 2022
Saturday, 2pm (AEST)
Region
Regional
Venue
Benalla Art Gallery [i]
Botanical Gardens, Bridge Street, Benalla
Daily, 10am - 4.30pm
Closed Tuesdays
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
Price
Free, bookings required
Benalla Art Gallery celebrates the exhibition Banksia with a relaxed event including an artist talk by Atong Atem.
Guests will have the opportunity to meet the artist and gain greater insight into the work, which explores the lesser-known history of Australia’s first African settlers, considering migrant stories from a non-colonial perspective. The photographic series, presented for the first time in a gallery exhibition at Benalla, works in conjunction with the original video to reveal otherwise obscured layers of history on a cinematic scale.
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Artist
Atong Atem (SS/AU)
Born 1994, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Lives and works Melbourne, AustraliaAtong Atem is an Ethiopian born, South Sudanese artist and writer living in Narrm/ Melbourne. Atem’s photographic practice explores migrant narratives, postcolonial practices in the African diaspora, and concepts of identity, home, and liminal space. Her dynamic portraiture references widely, from Malick Sidibe and Seydou Keita to science fiction writer Octavia Butler. She was awarded the inaugural National Gallery of Victoria and MECCA M-Power scholarship in 2018 and the Brisbane Powerhouse Melt Portrait Prize in 2017.