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Artist talks: 22nd Biennale of Sydney, NIRIN

Hear from some of the exhibiting artists about their artistic practice, influences and inspiration for the works on display.

Image: Mulkun Wirrpanda Milkarri 2013. Courtesy The Mulka Project.

Image: Karla Dickens, A Dickensian Circus, 2020. Installation view for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020), Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photograph: Felicity Jenkins

Image: Josep Grau-Garriga, Retaule dels penjats (Altarpiece of the Hanged People), 1972-76; and Màrtir (Martyr), 1972. Installation view for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020), Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photograph: Zan Wimberley

Image: Nicholas Galanin, Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan Part I [We Will Again Open This Container of Wisdom That Has Been Left In Our Care Part I], 2006 (video still) single channel video, 4:37 mins, Courtesy the artist

Image: Mulkun Wirrpanda Milkarri 2013. Courtesy The Mulka Project.

Image: Emily Karaka, Kingitanga ki Te Ao (They will throw stones), 2020, mixed media on canvas, 199 x 277 cm. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with assistance from Creative New Zealand. Courtesy the artist.

Image: Joël Andrianomearisoa, THERE MIGHT BE NO OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD AS GOOD AS WHERE I AM GOING TO TAKE YOU, Installation view (2020) photographed in the Grand Courts at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Photograph: Zan Wimberley.

  • 01

    Karla Dickens

    17 minutes
  • 02

    Esther Grau Quintana

    14 minutes
  • 03

    Nicholas Galanin

    16 minutes
  • 04

    The Mulka Project

    28 minutes
  • 05

    Emily Karaka

    20 minutes
  • 06

    Joël Andrianomearisoa

    15 minutes