Research Catalog

Title

Fiona Foley : forbidden / [curators Michele Helmrich, Christine Morrow, Rachel Kent].

Author

Foley, Fiona

Publication

Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art ; Brisbane : University of Queensland Art Museum, [2009].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Helmrich, Michele.
• Morrow, Christine.
• Kent, Rachel.
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, N.S.W.)
• University of Queensland. University Art Museum.

Description

152 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 30 cm.

Summary

"The exhibition showcases a diverse body of work that reveals Foley's staunch commitment to the political: From a delicate etching of a single poppy, titled Opium #3 -- Aboriginal (2008), to her series of self-portraits in the guise of a Seminole woman, the pieces address issues of indigenous identity, ownership, and racism. Nowhere are these themes more strikingly expressed than in the startling 2004 photographic series "HHH (Hedonistic Honky Haters)," showing seven figures dressed in vibrant robes and black hoods that eerily recall the haunting costumes of the Klu Klux Klan. Here, as in such previous provocative exhibitions as "Lick My Black Art" and "No Shades of White," Foley emerges as a formidable voice, encouraging viewers to reexamine their own cultural and historical stereotypes."--Artinfo.

Alternative Title

Forbidden

Subject

• Foley, Fiona > Exhibitions
• 2000-2099
• Art, Aboriginal Australian > Exhibitions
• Art, Australian > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Women artists, Aboriginal Australian > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• "First published on the occasion of the exhibition...Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 12 November 2009--31 January 2010; The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 19 February--2 May 2010.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Quiet waters that abrade the bridges : new forms of visibility in Fiona Foley's art / Franca Tamisari -- Fiona Foley in conversation / Alison Kubler -- Looking at you looking at me : performance and ethnography in Fiona Foley's photographs / Michele Helmrich -- No substitute : political art against the opiate of the colonising euphemism / Fiona Nicoll -- Invisible histories / Rachel Kent -- The guerilla operative in Fiona Foley's public art / Louise Martin-Chew -- Badtjala eyes are smiling / Gary Lee with Maurice O'Riordan.

ISBN

• 9781921034350 (hbk)
• 1921034351 (hbk)

OCLC

• 442092276
• SCSB-9926252

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library