Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Curator Jami Powell discusses MAḎAYIN.

In this video by Chris Johnson, the Hood’s Curator of Indigenous Art, Dr. Jami Powell discusses what she says is “the most significant exhibition of bark paintings to ever travel the United States.” It is co-curated, she notes, by Indigenous Australians.

The video features music by Ishmael Marika and Djuwakan Marika.

The Hood Museum of Art is home to the debut of “Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala through Dec. 4.