ROBERT FIELDING > ROUTES / ROOTS
Robert Fielding is a contemporary artist of Pakistani, Afghan, Western Arrente and Yankunytjatjara descent, who lives in Mimili Community in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. Fielding's work combines strong cultural roots with contemporary perspectives.
Venue: Linden New Art
Address: 26 Acland St, St Kilda, VIC, 3182
Date: 22 February 2020 > 17 May 2020
Ticket: Free
Buy / Ticket: https://www.lindenarts.org/
Address: 26 Acland St, St Kilda, VIC, 3182
Date: 22 February 2020 > 17 May 2020
Ticket: Free
Buy / Ticket: https://www.lindenarts.org/
Fielding won the work on paper category at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards in 2015 and 2017. He also won the 2015 Desart Art Worker Prize. Following solo exhibitions in Adelaide and Melbourne, he celebrated his first international solo exhibition at the Fondation Opale in Switzerland in late 2018. Fielding's artwork is held in major institutions and collections in Australia and overseas.
For Linden New Art Fielding will present a survey exhibition grounded in archival, institutional and community research, which raises questions about ownership of cultural knowledge and the institutionalisation of sacred objects. Led by an enquiry into cultural objects that have been collected and removed from country since the beginning of colonisation, Fielding has been researching the links of his ancestors' travel and trade routes, reconsidering them in a contemporary context.
For Linden New Art Fielding will present a survey exhibition grounded in archival, institutional and community research, which raises questions about ownership of cultural knowledge and the institutionalisation of sacred objects. Led by an enquiry into cultural objects that have been collected and removed from country since the beginning of colonisation, Fielding has been researching the links of his ancestors' travel and trade routes, reconsidering them in a contemporary context.