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

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

84 x 119 cm
#17440 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

84 x 119 cm
#17441 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

84 x 119 cm
#17444 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

84 x 119 cm
#17445 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

Wirralburu (cooling season) 1/5 by Michael Jalaru Torres
Wirralburu (cooling season) 1/5 - 2019
Michael Jalaru Torres 30

84 x 119 cm
#17446 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17447 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17448 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17449 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17450 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17451 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17452 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17453 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17454 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17455 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17456 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17457 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17459 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17460 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17461 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17463 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17465 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17466 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17467 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17468 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA

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

59 x 84 cm
#17469 LOCATION: Paddington
$POA