Reconciliation

Today, First Nations artists and designers are self-determining the ownership of their cultural stories and the appropriate practices within the fashion, gallery, library and museum sectors. Many First Nations artists and designers are presenting across multiple mediums and ensuring their designs and practices are culturally, environmentally and economically sustainable. The First Nations pieces featured in the exhibition Radical Textiles traverse art and fashion design, taking the item off the body and onto a mannequin or frame. Their works of art share a common thread of honouring and celebrating tradition, ancestors, family, community and Country. The pieces embody wearable art from a purely experimental or commercial approach.

Words by Dr Treena Clarke