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I live at YIPIRINYA HOSTEL 2018-19

Artwork I live at YIPIRINYA HOSTEL this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and marker pen on woven polypropylene bag, created in 2018-01-01
Accession No.
2020.387
Date Created
2018-19
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
29.5 x 41cm (comp.); 59 x 64 x 27.8cm (overall)
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
synthetic polymer paint
Medium
Synthetic polymer paint and marker pen on woven polypropylene bag
Place Created
Mparntwe (Alice Springs), NT
Credit Line
Purchased 2020 with funds from the Estate of Jessica Ellis through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

In this artwork, Noreen Hudson foregrounds the Aboriginal Hostel, Ayiparinya, which was established in Alice Springs to support transient Indigenous peoples experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness.

Hudson has used an inexpensive nylon storage bag often associated with migrant and homeless populations, a symbol of displacement and hardship, as the canvas for her painting. On one side of the bag, she has included words of urgent protest in placard-style text, delivering an overt political statement about Aboriginal people’s struggles to find and retain suitable housing. On the other side, she has depicted a vibrant landscape featuring the distinctive contours of Rutjimpa (Mount Sonder), a significant landmark in her homeland in the West MacDonnell Ranges. Together, Hudson’s text and images coalesce to proudly ground her work and its messages in Country.

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Exhibitions featuring this object

Patrick Tjungurrayi / Pintupi/Kukatja people / Australia c.1940–2017 / Untitled (Ngaru) (detail) 2009 / Purchased 2020. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / © Estate of Patrick Tjungurrayi/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency

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