A Tennant Creek Brio exhibition at two venues.
SHOCK & ORE features recent work from the Tennant Creek Brio, illuminating the poignant relics of abandoned mines and mock irreverence of former "glory days". Exploration targets, geology and drilling intercepts are detailed on mining plans and earth-scars alike. The Brio repurpose and transmogrify this insignia to their own tune – resounding works that evoke the haunting wounds and wonders of Country and imagination, attesting to their resilience.
Curated by Dr Erica Izett in collaboration with CDU Art Gallery and Coconut Studios.
Image credits: Headless horseman (left, detail), by Rupert Betheras and Fabian Brown, 2022; and Fire serpent (right, detail) by Rupert Betheras and Lionel Possum, 2015.