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Artists of 2024: Archie Moore

Artists of 2024: Archie Moore
Installation view of ARCHIE MOORE’s kith and kin, 2024, ink on polyester, water, composite board, paint, aluminum, steel, pigment and clay crayon, methyl acetate, 5 × 15.8 × 14.9 m. at the Australia Pavilion, 60th Venice Biennale, 2024. Photo by Andrea Rossetti. Courtesy the artist and The Commercial, New South Wales.

Quiet, forceful, and reflective, Archie Moore is the consummate artist’s artist for whom the work speaks for itself. His intensive, research-based presentations are full of gravitas, marked by the heavy weight of history, and an uncompromising reckoning with a past that echoes with great sorrow. Throughout a career incorporating sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, photography, and video, the artist of Kamilaroi Bigambul heritage has problematized the contested histories of Australia.