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The Guardian Australia: Fiona Foley’s art of the uncomfortable: ‘I wanted to provoke a conversation about racism’

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The Guardian Australia: Fiona Foley’s art of the uncomfortable: ‘I wanted to provoke a conversation about racism’

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Article by Larissa Behrendt

“The 30-year career of this soft-spoken but fiercely intellectual artist is one of reclaiming Indigenous identities and rewriting history”.

NAS alumna Dr Fiona Foley speaks with The Guardian Australia and unpacked the meaning behind her work in the lead up to the opening of Who are these strangers and where are they going? at National Art School.

Image: Fiona Foley, The Oyster Fisherman 1, 2011, Ultrachrome print on paper edition of 15, 60 x 80cm © the artist. Courtesy the artist and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

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Introducing Bansi Joshi (@bansi_art), one of our graduating Printmaking MFA students, and their selected work ‘(There is no direct translation)’.

Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).

Bansi Joshi
`(There is no direct translation)`
undyed cotton fabric, cotton thread
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Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)

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Introducing Bansi Joshi (@bansi_art), one of our graduating Printmaking MFA students, and their selected work ‘(There is no direct translation)’. Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio). Bansi Joshi '(There is no direct translation)' undyed cotton fabric, cotton thread 30 x 30 cm Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
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