Blak Power: 50 Years of First Nations Superheroes in Australian Art
12 August - 23 September 2023
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first modern Aboriginal superhero, featured in the ABC series Basically Black (also the first TV program written and created by Indigenous Australians), NCCA presents Blak Power, a group exhibition bringing together more than a dozen First Nations artists that work with the theme of Blak superheroes. Notions of identity and supernatural forces in popular Blak culture are considered through comics, illustration, graffiti, painting, printmaking, sculpture, film, animation and photography. Covering five decades, Blak Power features both historical and contemporary works. In addition to early works of art and documents through loan agreements with Aboriginal owned and operated art centres, artists, galleries and museums, NCCA has commissioned new works from artists living in local, regional, remote as well as metropolitan areas.
This project is supported by a Northern Territory Regional Arts grant and a Minor Community Projects grant from the Northern Territory Community Benefits Fund.
Public Programs
Exhibition Launch | Blak Power
Saturday 12 August, 10am
Join us at NCCA to celebrate the launch of Blak Power: 50 Years of First Nations Superheroes in Australian Art. Special guests to be announced soon.
Artist Panel
Sunday 13 August, 11am
Hear from the artists behind Blak Power, including Molly Hunt, Jonathon Saunders and Luke pearson, with more to be announced.
Artists
Tony Albert
Karla Dickens
Layne Dhu-Dickie
Dennis Golding
Molly Hunt
Emily Johnson
Dylan Mooney
Donovan Mota
Ray Mudjandi
Jonathon Saunders
Kaylene Whiskey
and featuring
Redback Graphix
Basically Black
NEOMAD
Iwantja Young Women’s Film Project