‘Very totemic and very Aboriginal’: Australia’s entry at Venice Biennale is a family tree going back 65,000 years
The Guardian - 2024-04-17T01:17:53.000Z

Archie Moore’s meticulous genealogy, kith and kin, is a memorial to Indigenous lives lost – but it’s also about global common humanityGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFor the past two months, in the quiet, darkened room of the Australia pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Bigambul-Kamilaroi artist Archie Moore has been drawing by hand in chalk a vast and meticulous genealogy.But Moore’s work, kith and kin – Australia’s official entry in the 2024 Venice Biennale, which opened this week...

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