{"id":2117,"date":"2025-04-09T13:22:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/?post_type=exhibitions&#038;p=2117"},"modified":"2025-04-09T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:22:58","slug":"julie-dowling-yagu-gurlbarl-open-secret","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/exhibitions\/julie-dowling-yagu-gurlbarl-open-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Dowling: Yagu Gurlbarl (Open Secret)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GreatUncleSamClean.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GreatUncleSamClean.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GreatUncleSamClean-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GreatUncleSamClean-1037x1536.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julie Dowling, <em>Great Uncle Sam<\/em>, 2017, Acrylic, Red Ochre and Mica Gold on canvas, 101.5 x 152cm. Image courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition is her take on the theme of slavery in Australia for Aboriginal people both in past centuries and current Australian society. From diving for pearls to back-breaking farm labour, minding the children of their colonial masters to present-day work for government benefits, Aboriginal people were denied wages stolen by corrupt officials and employers, leaving generations of families locked in a cycle of poverty that still exists today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this exhibition, Dowling forces us to literally come face-to-face with the past. &nbsp;Through the stories of her own family, and those of other Aboriginal people, Dowling re-presents the violence and power imbalance in settler-colonial and contemporary Western Australia. Her subjects gaze directly at the viewer, challenging them to acknowledge Australia\u2019s colonial history and protest the ongoing injustices experienced by Aboriginal people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening Event: <\/strong>10 February 2022<br><strong>Exhibition: <\/strong>11 February &#8211; 20 March 2022<br><strong>Supported By:<\/strong> Perth Festival Visual Arts Program supported by Wesfarmers Arts. BHP, JCG Founders Club and Donor Circle, Yamaji Art, University Art Museums Australia, CurtinFM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/P1134538-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2114\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exhibition photo caption: Julie Dowling, <em>Yagu Gurlbarl (Open Secret)<\/em>, 2022, installation view. Photo by Brad Coleman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=_julie_dowling_yagu_gurlbarl_open_secret_&#038;u=johncurtngallery\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">Header Image: Julie Dowling, <em>Tuppence (my grandmother)<\/em>, 2005, Acrylic, red ochre and plastic on canvas, 80 x 49.8cm. Image courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","exhibition-locations":[3],"class_list":["post-2117","exhibitions","type-exhibitions","status-publish","hentry","exhibition-locations-john-curtin-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions\/2117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibitions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"exhibition-locations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition-locations?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}