Artist Interview: Elizabeth Close

In this episode, SALA chats to artist Elizabeth Close. Elizabeth talks about the path she took to becoming a visual artist and how her love of art was influenced by her grandmother. She discusses how her work is inspired by other indigenous artists, such as Nyunmiti Burton, and non-indigenous artists like Georgina Hill, and how her practice has become more diverse over the years. She reveals some of her favourite works and the reasons why she holds them in high regard. She talks about her recent recovery from brain surgery and how keen she is to get back into the studio to work on a new cultural sovereignty project that’s in the making.

Finally, she tells listeners where they can find some of her collaborative works around the city of Adelaide, including the mural of Uncle Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith on Wright Street.

• APY Lands - https://anangu.com.au/
• Nyunmiti Burton - AGSA
• Yaritji Young - Biennale of Sydney
• Blak Douglas https://blakdouglas.com.au/
• Karla Dickens - https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/education/resources-educators/resources-educators-ATSIart/karla-dickens/
• Reko Rennie - https://rekorennie.com/
• Georgina Hill - https://www.georgiahill.com.au/
• More on the skink Tarutharu at the Adelaide Zoo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtbzgfG9SlY
• A Blanck Canvas - https://ablanckcanvas.com/
• Jack Buckskin – Kaurna language: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCp3_brrD7xr_9N2OxRC1Oz8MfsMok34H
• James Chocran – Jimmy C - https://www.akajimmyc.com/Street_Art
• The Pride and the Profit -https://www.instagram.com/p/CERC2cZDizH/?img_index=4
• Elizabeth and Jimmy C’s mural of Uncle Stevie on Wright Street, Adelaide - https://www.instagram.com/p/CDD3tWvjgD7/
• Elizabeth and Thomas Redett’s mural of frogs - https://www.instagram.com/p/CNEtnuZjv_Y/?hl=en&img_index=1
• https://www.instagram.com/elizabethclosearts/
• https://www.facebook.com/elizabethclosearts

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