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Joshua Searle Museo del Oro Robado
Frankston Arts Centre presents

Joshua Searle Museo del Oro Robado

Museo del Oro Robado (Museum of Stolen Gold) Searle examines and unpacks Pre-Columbian artefacts held in museum collections encountered through texts, as a means to further understand his own diasporic history and identity as an Australian-Colombian. An installation of paintings exploring practices of institutional collecting and impact of colonisation, Searle undertakes a process of reclamation of his own identity as part of the colonial diaspora, and of the works themselves. Joshua Searle (Australian/Colombian) examines and unpacks Pre- Columbian artefacts held in museum collections encountered through texts, as a means to further understand his own diasporic history and identity as an Australian-Colombian. From an initial examination of collective cultural identity and societal impact to a more individual personal exploration, this exhibition includes paintings exploring practices of institutional collecting and impact of colonisation, Searle undertakes a process of reclamation of his own identity as part of the colonial diaspora, and of the works themselves. Museo del Oro Robado (Museum of Stolen Gold) is a critique of institutionalised practices of theft. For the artist ‘stolen gold’ refers to both the literal and metaphoric gold taken by colonisation.

Proudly supported by Frankston City Council's Artist Project Grant program.

Thursday 13 June to Saturday 10 August

View from the street at Cube 37 Dawn to Midnight.

Category Arts and Culture

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