Archie Moore, an Indigenous Australian artist who has created an installation including a monumental family tree, won the top prize at the Venice Biennale on Saturday.
Moore, 54, took the Golden Lion, the prize for the best national participation at the Biennale, the world’s oldest and most high-profile international art exhibition.
He beat out artists representing 85 other countries to become the first Australian winner.
For his installation, “kith and kin,” Moore has drawn a family tree in chalk on the walls and ceiling of the Australia Pavilion.
The web of names encompasses 3,484 people and Moore says it stretches back 65,000 years, although he has smudged some details so that they are hard to read.
Persons:
Archie Moore, Moore, kith, ” Moore, Julia Bryan, Wilson
Organizations:
Lion, Biennale, Columbia University
Locations:
Australian, Venice