A Common Place

Moree women (Mehi Crescent Mission, Moree, from left: Ms Jenkins, Ruth Roberts, Mary Stanley, Maude Wright, Jessie Fernando, Dotti Sampson), 1990, by Michael Riley (State Library of NSW)

A Common Place: Portraits of Moree Murries 1990 displays 14 dramatic portraits of Moree Murries taken by Michael Riley, one of Australia’s leading Indigenous contemporary artists.

In 1990, returning to his home town in country NSW, Michael established an outdoor studio and friends, family and community members could opt in to be photographed. The resulting images challenge the relationship between photographer and photographed. Ten smaller silver gelatine prints were acquired by the Library in 1993 from the Boomalai Art Collective – printed and signed by Michael, they are distinct from the larger prints presented at the Moree Art Gallery. In 2016 the Library acquired five images as archival prints to complete the set. A Common Place is on display in the AMAZE gallery on Level 1 of the State Library of NSW from 11 June to 28 August 2016.

Where: AMAZE Gallery, Level 1, State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney

When: 11 June to 28 August 2016

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