Celebrate the opening of Daniel Boyd: Rainbow Serpent (Version) at the Institute of Modern Art.

Be among the first to view this monumental exhibition, and enjoy an afternoon of discussion between artist Daniel Boyd and exhibition curator Liz Nowell, performance by Nunukul Yuggera Jarjum Dancers, and poetry by Yugambeh artist and poet Lionel Fogarty.

Rainbow Serpent (Version) is Boyd’s first major exhibition in Meanjin/Brisbane, a place of cultural and ancestral significance for the artist. Encompassing fifteen new paintings, a sculpture, a mirrored-stage floor, and live activations, it continues his interrogation of Western scientific, artistic, and philosophical thought and its role in establishing the colonial Australian state.

Inspired by the dot patterns in his paintings, Boyd’s mirrored-stage floor illuminates these narratives and engages audiences in their reconstruction. As audiences move through the space, its network of mirrored lenses provide infinite ways of viewing and understanding the histories and stories represented on the walls.

Throughout the exhibition’s duration, Indigenous scholars, artists, activists, and community groups will share the gallery space—through a program of performances, discussions, and yarning—in a poetic act of civic and cultural reclamation.

Times:

2.00pm — Welcome to Country

3.00pm — Performance: Nunukul Yuggera Jarjum Dancers

3.30pm — In Conversation: Daniel Boyd + Liz Nowell

4.30pm — Poetry: Lionel Fogarty

Free entry, all welcome. For more information visit ima.org.au.