Curated by Shonae Hobson
Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion brings together a selection of garments and textiles by First Nations designers and artists from around Australia. The first major survey of contemporary Indigenous Australian fashion to be undertaken in this country, Piinpi sheds lights on a growing industry which is blossoming and set to become Australia’s major fashion movement. Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion celebrates Indigenous art, history and culture through the lens of contemporary fashion.
The show has toured both nationally and internationally including the National Museum in Canberra, Redland Art Gallery Brisbane, Rockhampton Art Museum, National Museum of Archaeology in Taiwan, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne and the Australian Embassy in Paris.
Bendigo Art Gallery on 12 Nov 2020 - 21 March 2021
Grace Rosendale, Seedpods Top and Pant 2019. Linen.Courtesy of the artist Hopevale Arts and Cultural Centre and Queensland University of Technology. Model Magnolia Maymuru. Photo: Bronwyn Kidd and Virginia Dowzer
Installation shot of Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion. Image Courtesy of Bendigo Art Gallery.
MIA Art Collection. Burrkunda dress, 2017. Rayarriwarrtharrbayingathi Mingungurra Amy Loogatha Alison Kirstin Goongarra Dibirdibi Amanda Jane Gabori Helena Gabori Grace Lillian Lee (collaborator). Synthetic polymer paint on cotton. Image courtesy of Leon Schoots Photography.
Installation shot of Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion. Image courtesy of Leon Schoots Photography.
MAARA Collective x Bula’bula Arts collaboration. Hat by Margaret Malibirr of Bula’bula Arts. Dress by MAARA Collective. Image courtesy of Leon Schoots Photography.
Ghost net basket (2019) by Sharna Wurramara, using ghost nets from the ocean, plant dyes and fabric. Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery
MAARA Collective x Bula’bula Arts collaboration. Hat by Margaret Malibirr of Bula’bula Arts. Dress by MAARA Collective
Installation shot of Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion.
Installation shot of Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion.
Image: Maicie Lalara, Pink dress 2018. Plant dyes, recycled sari silk. Courtesy of the artist and Anindilyakwa Arts. Photographer: Anna Reynolds
Margaret Rarru, Dhuwal, born 1940 Madonna bathi 2015, pandanus, kurrajong and natural dyes. Image courtesy of Leon Schoots Photography.
Image courtesy of Leon Schoots Photography.
Grace Lillian Lee, Body Armour – A Weave of Reflection 2018. Photography by Wade Lewis. Piinpi, © Bendigo Art Gallery
Grace Lillian Lee, Body Armour – A Weave of Reflection, 2018. Photography by Wade Lewis. Piinpi, © Bendigo Art Gallery