Newell Harry: Works from the Collection
Newell Harry
Untitled (The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady: I, after Mingus), 2009 – 2012
Photograph, etched glass, etched glass, etched coconut shell, antique Chinese fabric, etched glass, edition found vessels
Installation view, Esperanto, Murray Art Museum Albury, 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Photo Jeremy Weihrauch
This group of works, drawn from the MAMA collection, present three distinct approaches to artmaking from Newell Harry’s multifaceted practice. Harry combines photography, objects produced in collaboration with other makers, and personal and public archives to consider narratives of migration, family, cultural connectedness, and political resistance across the Global South.
Artist biography
Newell Harry is an Australian-born artist of South African and Mauritian descent. His projects draw from an intimate web of recurring travels and connections across Oceania and the wider Asia-Pacific, to South Africa’s Western Cape Province where the artist’s extended family continue to reside. Harry has consistently participated in international festivals of contemporary art throughout his career including the Istanbul Biennial (2011 and 2022), Montevideo Biennale (2016), TarraWarra Biennial of Australian Art (2016), Venice Biennale (2015), and Biennale of Sydney (2010).
