Image: Kait James, Blak Flags , 2024, installation view, photo: Madé Spencer-Castle
Image: Melissa Sandy, The Void II , 2025, photo: Jessica Russell
Kait James Blak Flags
Melissa Sandy The Void
WADAWURRUNG
IERAMUGADU / WA
Discover a series of colour pennant flags hoisted around East Perth Power Station. The words and icons seem familiar, but look more closely. These flags have been created to critique and subvert the stereotypes that have shaped our nation’s image. Through bold colours, pop-culture iconography and humour to heal, Kait James is rewriting toxic narratives and calling for reflection and respectful cultural dialogue. A proud Wadawurrung artist, Kait’s work boldly challenges colonial nostalgia and ‘Aboriginalia’ representations of Indigenous culture. For Boorloo Contemporary, she will make a series of flags for Western Australia, drawing from our unique history and incorporating Noongar language. Playful and provocative, Blak Flags explores how identity is shaped through culture, language and Country.
Yindjibarndi artist Melissa Sandy honours her family legacy with The Void . This deeply personal series of large, textured canvases and accompanying audio-visual works was created as Melissa struggled to process the death of her aunt, who in Yindjibarndi culture is considered a mother, artist Mrs. A. Sandy. The Void is the result of years of slow and deliberate creation, charting a deeply personal and authentic journey through loss, resilience and hope. Using the same intricate patterning that is a feature of the work of many of the Sandy women, layers of texture are added to the canvas to make their dark forms shimmer in the light. Always meticulous in her choice of colours, Melissa uses her art as a way of processing everyday life and her paintings give intimate insight into her inner world. Each work in The Void stands as both a testament to healing and a lasting tribute to Mrs A. Sandy’s artistic legacy.
6 Feb – 1 Mar East Perth Power Station Warndoolier/East Perth
27 Feb – 29 Mar PS Art Space Walyalup/Fremantle Tue – Fri 10am – 4pm Sat & Sun 12 – 5pm Free event
Thu & Fri 5pm – late Sat & Sun 4pm – late Free event
A Perth Festival commission for Boorloo Contemporary
A Perth Festival commission for Boorloo Contemporary Presented with Yinjaa-Barni Art and PS Art Space
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