I will tell you my story, 2022

Curated by Talia Smith, this exhibition considers how collections can be re-read in light of the present, challenged as an archive, and imagined anew.

Institutional art collections can be an archive of their past attitudes and future aspirations as well as a constellation of knowledges and times. As records of evolving tastes and values, collections are prone to inevitable gaps in knowledge, language and care.

I will tell you my story is a group exhibition that engages with works from UTS Art Collection by Tony Albert, Dion Beasley, Reg Campbell, Lex Dickson, Marian Drew, Vanessa Inkamala, Mabel Juli, Jumaadi, Sam Leach, Eun-Jong Lee, Guy Maestri, Sanné Mestrom, Henry Moore, Joycie Pitjarra Morton, Peter Newry, Sidney Nolan, William Pidgeon, Margaret Preston, Jude Rae, Kate Scardifield, Pamela Thalben-Ball, Christian Thompson, Judy Watson, Emma White and Xia Xiong. The exhibition considers how collections can be re-read in light of the present, challenged as an archive, and imagined anew.  New commissions and loans by unrepresented artists bring new context to the UTS Art Collection, its history and future. 

Presented at UTS Gallery

Photo credit: Jacquie Manning