Fine Art Gallery

Australia's oldest exhibiting Aboriginal art gallery

exhibition Native | Michael Jalaru Torres | Head On Photo Festival

From 4th to 18th May 2019
  • ARTIST TALK 4th May 2019 2:00 - 3:00 pm 326 Oxford Street, Paddington, NSW

Official Opening | Saturday 4th May, 4-6pm

Cooee Art is excited to announce their participation in 2019 Head On Photo Festival, with Melbourne based artist, Michael Jalaru Torres. A self-taught photographer, Michael explores the recent history of his country.
 
What is being NATIVE and how does a NATIVE person see the world?
The landscape talks to us through colours and texture far beyond what the untrained eye can see – through the shift in colours in the sky and water, the contrast from land to sea and the emotional connection to country.
Being NATIVE in the past was a negative experience, with a system that was designed to constantly hold down NATIVE people and take away or not recognise our rights and values. Being NATIVE was viewed as being literally part of the landscape, like livestock that was owned and abused.
Being NATIVE today reflects on the survival and resistance of not only the first peoples of this land but also the longest living culture on the planet. Culture is in a revival stage and the values of looking after country have become mainstream. NATIVE people are at the forefront of protecting land and sea and the native animals that share this land.
The systemic injustice of Australia’s past policies and views of being NATIVE has been hidden for generations, but the use of modern storytelling has started to illuminate this history for a wider audience. Hopefully this series, as an abstract slice of what NATIVE means as a word, connection and view point, can shift the audience from ignorance to empathy to make change for the future.
 

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Banu (east) 1/5 (framed) by Michael Jalaru Torres
Banu (east) 1/5 (framed) - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

84.0 x 119.0 cm
#17444 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,800.00

Wirriya (happy) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Wirriya (happy) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17451 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,480.00

Wamba (man) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Wamba (man) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17452 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,480.00

Jarndu (woman) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Jarndu (woman) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17457 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,480.00

Jija (sister) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Jija (sister) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17468 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,480.00

Garrbina (shield) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Garrbina (shield) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17469 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,480.00

Beautiful Violence 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Beautiful Violence 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

84 x 119 cm
#17440 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,200.00

Nagula (saltwater) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Nagula (saltwater) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

84 x 119 cm
#17441 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,200.00

Man-Gala (rain season) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Man-Gala (rain season) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

84 x 119 cm
#17442 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,200.00

Gularr (west) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Gularr (west) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

84 x 119 cm
#17445 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,200.00

Wirralburu (cooling season) 2/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Wirralburu (cooling season) 2/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

84.0 x 119.0 cm
#17446 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,200.00

Systemic 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Systemic 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17460 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,100.00

Bubu (flower) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Bubu (flower) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59.0 x 84.0 cm
#17461 LOCATION: Offsite AUS
$1,100.00

Bibi Jalygurr (mother baby) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Bibi Jalygurr (mother baby) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17462 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,100.00

Gabarli (wife, husband) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Gabarli (wife, husband) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17464 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,100.00

Black Velvet 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Black Velvet 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17465 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,100.00

Bararrga (sad) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Bararrga (sad) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17466 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,100.00

Burdij (burn) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Burdij (burn) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17467 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,100.00

Jalygurr Bibi (baby mother) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Jalygurr Bibi (baby mother) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17458 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,000.00

Empowerment 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Empowerment 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17459 LOCATION: Paddington
$1,000.00

Jarriny (always) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Jarriny (always) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17447 LOCATION: Offsite AUS
$950.00

Boyhood 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Boyhood 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17448 LOCATION: Paddington
$950.00

Water Warrior 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Water Warrior 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17449 LOCATION: Paddington
$950.00

Future Hunter 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Future Hunter 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17450 LOCATION: Paddington
$950.00

Biligaja (fighting) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Biligaja (fighting) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17453 LOCATION: Bondi Beach
$950.00

Rangga (proud) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Rangga (proud) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17454 LOCATION: Offsite AUS
$950.00

Miliya (now) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Miliya (now) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17455 LOCATION: Bondi Beach
$950.00

The Protector 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
The Protector 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17456 LOCATION: Bondi Beach
$950.00

Property 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Property 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

59 x 84 cm
#17463 LOCATION: Paddington
$950.00