Covering a wide range of mediums, the new exhibition at the Wyndham Art Gallery is now open.
In collaboration with Monash University’s Wominjeka Djeembana research lab, wãni toaishara’s new exhibition ‘The uncanny and the magnificent’ is running until Sunday, May 28 at the Wyndham Art Gallery.
Toaishara said the exhibition is “confronting the realisation that a mundane life is a privilege only available to those who are not under constant threat” and aims to explore and challenge conventional representations of black life through poetry, photography and moving image.
His imagery draws on photographic languages including studio portraiture, architecture, staged tableaux, documentary photography, archival images, and the family album engaging acquaintances, family as well as strangers.
Wyndham City’s Creative City portfolio holder, Marcel Mahfoud said Toaishara has had a successful career in collaboration with the Wyndham Art Gallery.
“From his early participation in exhibitions such as WAR 2015 and RACE 2016, he went on to win the Wyndham Art Prize in 2019 followed by many other accolades across the nation such as the 2022 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award,” he said.
“Our program at Wyndham Art Gallery has a unique role to play in story telling and celebrating perspectives that support the ongoing creation of an inclusive and diverse community.
“Art exhibitions are collaborative initiatives which help to make Wyndham a more vibrant and liveable place.”
Toaishara will host a walk and talk around his exhibition on Saturday, April 22 from 2pm to 4pm.
To compliment the exhibition, he will be performing his one-man show GARCON at the Wyndham Cultural Centre on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 at 7.30pm.
The show details his adjustment to life after moving to Auckland as a young boy.
Details: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/theuncannyandthemagnificent
