Portrait of a woman with her face painted blue and embellished with gold stars, wearing a colourful, fan-like headdress.

30 Oct – 14 Jun

Passage: The Art of Atong Atem

NGV presents the first-ever major solo exhibition of South Sudanese, Melbourne-based contemporary artist Atong Atem, who is celebrated for her dynamic and vibrant photographic self-portraits that explore identity, mythmaking and intergenerational storytelling.

Transforming herself through textiles, paint, costume and symbolic objects, Atem uses her own body as a vessel to explore themes of race, gender and colonialism, as well as the beauty and resilience of her Dinka Bor culture and Melbourne's African diaspora. The exhibition showcases how Atem uses photography as a medium for celebration and reclamation, and how her practice interrogates how identity is performed, both in everyday life and before the camera, creating images in which history, memory and imagination intertwine.

Date	Times
Fri 30 Oct	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 31 Oct	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 1 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 2 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 3 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 4 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 5 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 6 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 7 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 8 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 9 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 10 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 11 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 12 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 13 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 14 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 15 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 16 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 17 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 18 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 19 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 20 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 21 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 22 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 23 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 24 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 25 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 26 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 27 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 28 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 29 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 30 Nov	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 1 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 2 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 3 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 4 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 5 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 6 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 7 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 8 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 9 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 10 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 11 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 12 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 13 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 14 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 15 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 16 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 17 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 18 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 19 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 20 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 21 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 22 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 23 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 24 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 25 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 26 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 27 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 28 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 29 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 30 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 31 Dec	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 1 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 2 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 3 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 4 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 5 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 6 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 7 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 8 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 9 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 10 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 11 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 12 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 13 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 14 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 15 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 16 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 17 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 18 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 19 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 20 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 21 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 22 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 23 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 24 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 25 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 26 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 27 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 28 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 29 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 30 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 31 Jan	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 1 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 2 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 3 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 4 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 5 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 6 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 7 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 8 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 9 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 10 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 11 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 12 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 13 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 14 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 15 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 16 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 17 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 18 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 19 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 20 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 21 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 22 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 23 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 24 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 25 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 26 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 27 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 28 Feb	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 1 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 2 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 3 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 4 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 5 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 6 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 7 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 8 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 9 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 10 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 11 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 12 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 13 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 14 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 15 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 16 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 17 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 18 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 19 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 20 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 21 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 22 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 23 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 24 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 25 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 26 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 27 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 28 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 29 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 30 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 31 Mar	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 1 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 2 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 3 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 4 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 5 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 6 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 7 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 8 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 9 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 10 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 11 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 12 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 13 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 14 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 15 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 16 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 17 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 18 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 19 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 20 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 21 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 22 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 23 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 24 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 25 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 26 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 27 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 28 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 29 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 30 Apr	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 1 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 2 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 3 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 4 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 5 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 6 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 7 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 8 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 9 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 10 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 11 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 12 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 13 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 14 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 15 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 16 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 17 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 18 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 19 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 20 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 21 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 22 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 23 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 24 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 25 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 26 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 27 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 28 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 29 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 30 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 31 May	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 1 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 2 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 3 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 4 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 5 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 6 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 7 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 8 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 9 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 10 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 11 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 12 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 13 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 14 Jun	10:00am - 5:00pm

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