Art Sets.

COVID-19 for dummies

A Together in Art Pocket Exhibition curated by Coby Edgar

It’s not a joke but if we don’t have a laugh to keep our spirits high and take it on board right NOW, chances are we will be crying for a really long time. Taking inspiration from the Art Gallery of NSW’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, this Pocket Exhibition is a COVID-19 for dummies guide. It’s your basics on how to social distance, not hoard and look after people around you, because we are all in this together and every person's actions count. Don’t be a dummy. We can only fight this and win if we do it together.

Coby Edgar is curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

AGNSW collection Destiny Deacon Over the Fence 2000
AGNSW collection Destiny Deacon Over the Fence 2000
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/405.2001/
AGNSW collection Harry Tjutjuna Wanka (Spider) 2011
AGNSW collection Harry Tjutjuna Wanka (Spider) 2011
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/8.2012/
AGNSW collection Crusoe Kurddal Mimih spirit 1985
AGNSW collection Crusoe Kurddal Mimih spirit 1985
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/80.1985/
AGNSW collection Trudy Inkamala Woman with Dilly Bags 2019
AGNSW collection Trudy Inkamala Woman with Dilly Bags 2019
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/209.2019/
AGNSW collection Marlene Rubuntja Woman with Dilly Bags and Dilly Bag Hat 2019
AGNSW collection Marlene Rubuntja Woman with Dilly Bags and Dilly Bag Hat 2019
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/210.2019/
AGNSW collection Lola Ryan Sydney Harbour Bridge 2000
AGNSW collection Lola Ryan Sydney Harbour Bridge 2000
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/216.2010/
AGNSW collection Unknown Gupapuyngu birrkili bati (spear) circa 1950s
AGNSW collection Unknown Gupapuyngu birrkili bati (spear) circa 1950s
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/IA102.1962/
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