Glenn Barry Artist Statement

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• As a man that identifies as a Gamilaraay First Nation and Irish, I AM bringing the experiences of an urban Aboriginal Australian artist into contemporary considerations.

 

• This is in order to (re) claim, to understand, to reveal, to expose and to bring the experiences of an urban Aboriginal Australian artist into contemporary considerations.

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• I AM choosing to scrutinise how identity is held within each being.

 

• I AM responding to my own personal authentic and autobiographical narratives.

 

• Rather than only referencing the Dreamtime or Dreaming that I am not privy to, I AM regathering long lost memories that are like DNA strands passing along their genetic information.

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• I AM using the phrase “Nowing” as my own contemporary descriptor of Indigenous knowledge and philosophy in action.

 

• Combining these worlds of “Nowing” is accessing our bloodlines, our ancestors that speak a language that only when the mind is silenced, can their spirit be heard and reveal their lived experiences.