Talk: Danie Mellor

Join artist Danie Mellor in conversation with Tyson Yunkaporta for the opening of his exhibition redux.

The gallery will be open from 5 – 8pm, with the talk taking place from 6 – 7pm.

Danie Mellor is a contemporary Australian artist whose multidisciplinary practice explores the intersections of contemporary and historic culture. In considering Australia’s recent and ancient past, his work traverses the breadth of those narratives in relation to global art histories. Mellor’s revaluation of iconic landscape traditions is informed by his connection to place through Aboriginal heritage, and ongoing preoccupation with Australia’s landspace.

Tyson Yunkaporta is an Australian academic, arts critic and researcher, who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He is the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (Text Publishing, 2019), as well as being a published poet and carver of traditional tools and weapons. He is a senior research fellow and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne. He applies Indigenous thinking to issues that scientists and technologists are currently working on across economics, governance, evolutionary dynamics, cognition and the environment.

Please note: At this time, Tolarno Galleries is only accessible via the stairs while the lift is being replaced. There are 103 steps in total. This is part of ongoing building restoration and essential works occurring onsite that will greatly enhance accessibility in the future. We apologise for the inconvenience.