In TRUE LIES (and alibis) at Wyndham Art Gallery, Trawlwoolway artist Julie Gough presents a multi-layered installation focusing on Tasmanian Aboriginal children taken by colonists in the early 1800s, including her ancestor Dalrymple Briggs, who lived with a colonial surgeon and his wife as a child.
To celebrate and reflect on TRUE LIES (and alibis) this floor talk features powerhouse contemporary artist and former Wyndham Art Gallery co-curator Maree Clarke, in conversation with current co-curator, Dr. Megan Evans.
Maree Clarke is a Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung woman who has been a practicing artist, working and living in Melbourne for the last three decades and was co-curator at Wyndham Art Gallery from 2015 – 2019.
In this recording, Maree reflects on Gough’s exhibition and discusses the work in relation to her own practice, which centres on healing and reconnection to cultural heritage; as well as her personal connection to Tasmania through her ancestral ties to Trawlwoolway.
