MAREE CLARKE IN ‘ON COUNTRY: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM AUSTRALIA’ AT RECONTRE D’ARLES

Placing First Peoples’ practice and relationality at the core of this exhibition, On Country: Photography from Australia brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists who bear witness to both the visible and invisible aspects of being on Country. Through their work, the exhibition explores old and new relationships between Country and colonialism, community, and identity in Australia today.

In contrast to its historic use as an early tool for ethnographic documentation in Australia, the artists in this exhibition embrace photography as a medium for truth telling, self-determination and collaboration, both acknowledging the past and suggesting possible futures. On Country: Photography from Australia presents artists who connect to Country in dynamic ways and are shifting the power dynamics inherent in photography, redefining photographic practice on this southern land.

Curated by Elias Redstone, Kimberley Moulton (Yorta Yorta), Pippa Milne and Brendan McCleary.

Exhibition co-produced by the Rencontres d’Arles and Photo Australia, Melbourne.

Exhibition runs O7.O7.2O25 — O5.1O.2O25

Image: Installation view of Maree Clarke’s Ritual and Ceremony at The Ian Potter Centre NGV Australia.