Mapa Wiya (Your Map's Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale

September 13 - February 02,2020

"This fall, the Menil will present Mapa Wiya (Your Map’s Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale. Meaning “no map” in the Pitjantjatjara language of the Central Australian desert region, the exhibition title is drawn from a recent drawing by artist Kunmanara (Mumu Mike) Williams (1952–2019), the first showing of his work in an American art museum. His recuperation of official government maps and postal bags is a pointed response to the foreign cartographies of the country that Australian Aboriginal peoples embody."

On View: September 13, 2019 | 11-5 pm

Conversation: November 07, 2019 | 7-8 pm
An Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Professors Howard and Frances Morphy with Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis on Mapping Culture and Language

Curator Talk: November 10, 2019 | 3-3 pm
Curator Talk with Paul R. Davis on Kunmanara (Mumu Mike) Williams

Performance: November 16, 2019 | 3-4 pm
Da Camera: Stop, Look and Listen! Young Artists Respond to Mapa Wiya

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