Just Not Australian: Artspace | touring nationally

Just Not Australian brings together 19 Australian artists across generations and mediums to deal broadly with the origins and implications of contemporary Australian nationhood. This timely thematic show will showcase the sensibilities of larrikinism, satire and resistance to interrogate presenting and representing Australian national identity.

The exhibition takes place the year before the official 250th anniversary celebrations of Cook’s arrival. This is an opportunity to engage critically with this moment in Australia’s colonial history and the meaning of ‘arrival’ as a continuum within this country that has seen ongoing immigration historically and contemporaneously.

As its exhibition title suggests, Just Not Australian acknowledges that these issues do not just pertain to this country but are being addressed the world over.