Warre Beal Yallock
2008
- Medium
- inkjet print
- Measurements
- (118.0 × 98.2 cm) (image)
- Place/s of Execution
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Edition
- ed. 4/5
- Accession Number
- 2016.604.2
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2016
© Bindi Cole Chocka - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Bindi Cole Chocka is a Melbourne-born photographer, curator and new media artist of Wathaurong descent. Cole’s Not Really Aboriginal series mocks society’s obsession with the skin colour of Aboriginal people as a marker of authenticity. Cole questions stereotypical notions of Aboriginality, stating:
I’ve always been told that I was Aboriginal. I never questioned it because of the colour of my skin or where I lived. My nan, one of the Stolen Generation, was staunchly proud and strong. She made me feel the same way. My traditional land takes in Ballarat, Geelong and Werribee, and extends west past Cressy to Derrinallum. I’m from Victoria and I’ve always known this. I’m not black. I’m not from a remote community. Does that mean I’m not really Aboriginal? Or do Aboriginal people come in all shapes, sizes and colours and live in all areas of Australia, remote and urban? Not Really Aboriginal explores how black you need to look to be considered Aboriginal and how white Aboriginals cross the cultural divide. Ultimately, it is a celebration of Aboriginality in all its forms.