La Trobe University Museum of Art (LUMA) will showcase selected works by leading artists from Australia, India and the Philippines in the exhibition ‘Vernacular Cultures and Contemporary Art’ from 5 May to 17 June.
‘Vernacular Cultures and Contemporary Art from Australia, India and the Philippines’ features contemporary artists whose work incorporates expressions of indigenous and/or locally specific popular cultures. Examining diverse practices that engage themes including surf culture, karaoke, religious iconography, street advertising and popular architecture, the exhibition asks how contemporary artists deploy vernacular cultures to explore the social and cultural conditions of globalisation.
Artists featured in the exhibition include: Raqs Media Collective, Thukral and Tagra, Fiona Foley, Scott Redford, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Maria Cruz, Mark Salvatus, TV Moore, Hoang Tran Nguyen, and Ken Botnick and Diana Guerrero-Maciá.
Curated by Ryan Johnston
My Farmville, Hacienda, 2010
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