Award-winning art collective proppaNOW is bringing OCCURRENT AFFAIR to NAS
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Award-winning art collective proppaNOW is bringing OCCURRENT AFFAIR to NAS
“The National Art School (NAS) is welcoming a provocative exhibition that challenges representations of First Nations affairs in the media. Ocurrent Affair is the brainchild of seven Meanjin artists, including Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey and the late Laurie Nilsen who, together, form the proppaNow art collective.”
Time Out writer Caitlyn Todoroski on the opening of OCCURRENT AFFAIR in the NAS Gallery.
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