September 13 - February 2, 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 am – 5 pm
Conversation: November 7, 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 | 3–3:30 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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