Invitation to the French inauguration at musée du quai Branly
IDAIA’s Representative and Curator in France Benedicte Vachon was at the French inauguration of the monumental installation by LENA NYADBI, Dayiwul Lirlmim, on the roof of the musée du quai Branly.
France celebrated with a special ceremony hosted by the musée du quai Branly, Paris on 6 June 2013 at 6pm (Theatre Claude Lévi-Strauss), in presence of speakers and guests including: Stéphane Martin, musée du quai Branly’s President, Genevieve Fioraso, Minister for Higher Education and Research, Aurélie Filippetti, Minister of Culture and Communication, Stéphane Romatet, Ambassador of France to Australia, Rupert Myer AM, Chairman of the Australia Council for the Arts, Ric Lawson Wells, Australia’s Ambassador to France, Harold Mitchell AC, Founder of Mitchell & Partners.
In parallel the associated Warmun exhibition Gija Manambarram Jimerrawoon (Gija Senior Law People Forever) is running at the Embassy of Australia in Paris from the 6 June to the 30 October 2013. It includes artworks from eight senior Gija artists: Lena Nyadbi, Rusty Peters, Shirley Purdie, Freddie Timms, Mabel Juli, Churchill Cann, Phyllis Thomas and Rammey Ramsey.
The 700 square-metre installation is now viewable from the Eiffel Tower and accessible by Google Earth users, making it one of the largest artworks made by an Australian artist and an important new addition to the world renowned museum dedicated to the arts and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.