Open now at McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery is Teho Ropeyarn’s solo exhibition, Current. Current is the most significant selection of Ropeyarn works presented since his impressive solo exhibition at North Site in 2017 and subsequent solo shows at Onespace. Current showcases several significant large works on paper including Ropeyarn’s pieces, Ipi, Ayarra, and Ani, Ipi, Achah, shown in Tarnanthi at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2021, and his stunning Biennale of Sydney work presented at the National Art School Gallery in 2022, Athumu Paypa Adthinhuunamu (my birth certificate), 2022, which was acquired by QAGOMA in 2023. Also included is Ataga Ulumu (State II), 2023, commissioned by the Cross River Rail Development Authority for the Boggo Road Rail Station and the commanding work, Wintinganhu (sister-in-law), 2023, commissioned for The National 4: Australian Art Now and presented at Carriageworks.
Current is the second exhibition in an important series that showcases the significance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists in Australia’s cultural landscape – the first being a recent solo show by celebrated Torres Strait Islander artist, Brian Robinson. These two exhibitions come in the wake of a missed opportunity for non-Indigenous Australians to transcend politics and support constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. McClelland remains committed to fostering and structurally embedding opportunities for the voice of Australia’s First Nations people across its organisation.
Onespace congratulates artists Teho Ropeyarn and Brian Robinson, Artistic and Executive Director Lisa Byrne, curator Suzette Wearne and the McClelland team on these amazing solo shows in this series.
Exhibition dates: 8 March – 15 June 2025
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Image: Ben Searcy. Courtesy of the artist and the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Image: Teho Ropeyarn, Wintinganhu (sister-in-law), 2023. Photo: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy of Carriageworks.
Image: Teho Ropeyarn, Athumu Paypa Adthinhuunamu (my birth certificate), 2022. Photo: Courtesy of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
Image: Teho Ropeyarn, Ataga Ulumu (State II), 2023. Photo: Louis Lim. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
