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Path to collaboration-led reconciliation

Parliament House is more than a location for sitting politicians; it is the meeting place for artists Imants Tillers and Michael Nelson Jagamara, and their story of reconciliation through collaboration.

6 Oct 2017

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Imants Tillers and Michael Nelson Jagamara unveiling The Messenger at Parliament House, Canberra. Photographs: DPS/Auspic.

In the 1980s, when appropriation was all the rage and not long after an unfolding celebration of Central Desert Painting, artist Imants Tillers used elements of Michael Nelson Jagamara’s painting Five Dreamings (1982) without permission in his work The Nine Shots (1985). The work was shown in the 1986 Biennale of Sydney.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina