Menagerie

16 Dec 2009 - 21 Feb 2010

Johnny Young, Aherre (Kangaroos).
Source: Courtesy the artist and Tapatjatjaka Art and Craft Centre
Photo: Australian Museum

A contemporary Indigenous sculpture exhibition.

Menagerie features 33 established and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from every Australian state and territory who have each produced sculptural works depicting a variety of Australian animals with a variety of materials.

The exhibition includes works by Victorian artist Treahna Hamm as well as fibre works by Yvonne Koolmatrie from South Australia; ceramics by Judith Inkamala from the Northern Territory; wood carving by Craig Koomeeta from Queensland and work cast in bronze and aluminium by Dennis Nona from the Torres Strait Islands.

Developed by the Australian Museum and Object Gallery.