KENT MORRIS CURATES ‘BLAK IN-JUSTICE: INCARCERATION AND RESILIENCE’ AT HEIDE

The exhibition features works by prominent First Nations artists, including Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Bennett, Destiny Deacon, Julie Dowling, Jimmy Pike, and Judy Watson. These works address the overrepresentation of Indigenous Australians in the criminal legal system and the crisis of deaths in custody. Their compelling contributions are displayed alongside the exceptional creative achievements of former and current prison inmates, many of whom have reconnected with their culture and Country through The Torch program. Notable participants include Thelma Beeton, Stacey Edwards, Robby Wirramanda, and Sean Miller. Additionally, works by Jimmy Pike, Albert Namatjira, Gordon Syron, and Kevin Gilbert, who experienced incarceration during their lives, are featured.

Blak In-Justice: Incarceration and Resilience at Heide
O5.O4.2O25 — 2O.O7.2O25
Heidi Museum of Modern Art
7 Templestowe Road
Bulleen VIC 31O5.

Image: Trevor Nickolls, Brush with the Lore 2010, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 199.5 x 182.5 x 2 cm, Art Gallery of South Australia, acquisition through Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art supported by BHP 2018 © Estate of Trevor Nickolls/Copyright Agency.