Malu Bardthar Dapar | Sea Land Sky: Moa Arts Group Show at Northsite

Moa Arts — Malu Bardthar Dapar | Sea Land Sky by Moa Arts recently closed at NorthSite Contemporary Arts, on 19 August and was part of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Satellite Programming 2023. 

Through their printmaking and weaving practices, the artists of Moa investigate and reinterpret Melanesian mark-making, explore political and sociological storytelling related to Torres Strait culture, history, and identity, and build upon a rich audiovisual archive of traditional mythology. These senior and emerging artists come together at Moa Arts Centre (Ngalmun Lagau Minaral) to share moral and spiritual perspectives and materialise observations of the environment and daily life, through art and culture.

Moa Arts — Malu Bardthar Dapar | Sea Land Sky, curated by Aven Noah Jr.

For details and exhibition catalogue: https://northsite.org.au/exhibitions/malu-bardthar-dapar-sea-land-sky/

Main image credit: Malu Bardthar Dapar | Sea Land Sky, installation view, NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns, 2023. Photo: Michael Marzik

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