Opening Night: Fiona Foley at NAS Gallery

Carolyn Fletcher AM, Chair, National Art School Board of Directors, Steven Alderton, Director and CEO, National Art School and Fiona Sweet, Artistic Director of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale warmly invite you and your guest to the opening night of 

Fiona Foley: Who are these strangers and where are they going? 

Curator: Djon Mundine OAM

Wednesday 8 January 

6 – 9pm

The National Art School in association with Sydney Festival and Ballarat International Foto Biennale presents Who are these strangers and where are they going? , a 30-year survey of the work of Dr Fiona Foley, one of Australia’s most acclaimed, insightful and challenging contemporary artists, curated by Djon Mundine OAM. 

Who are these strangers and where are they going? comes to NAS Gallery direct from the Ballarat International Foto Biennale and features a new commission, a soundscape based on the oldest known Aboriginal song documenting the first sighting of Captain Cook in 1770 by the Badtjala people of K’gari (Fraser Island), Foley’s ancestors. Her work always explicitly relates back to the historical research, throwing light on and constantly questioning race relations, cultural assumptions, sexuality and the reality of Aboriginal lives in Queensland around the turn of the 20^th century. The exhibition demonstrates her great depth and breadth as an artist.