Piinpi: Contemporary Australian Fashion in Paris

'Piinpi: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Fashion in Paris' is part of the Australia now France 2021-2022 campaign, displayed at the Australian Embassy in France (from 31 January – 19 April 2022) and at the Observatory in the BHV-Marais exhibition space as part of the Australian takeover of the store (from 29 January – 27 February 2022).

Created by the Bendigo Art Gallery in Australia, the exhibition 'Piinpi: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Fashion in Paris' shines a light on Australia’s First Nations' creatives. Piinpi highlights the power and diversity of the rapidly growing fashion and textile industry in Australia.

Piinpi is an expression that the Kanichi Thampanyu (First Nations people from the East Cape York Peninsula in Australia) use to describe changes in the landscape across time and space. For First Nations people across Australia, knowledge of the land and seasons is culturally important.

While the number of seasons can vary across First Nations groups around Australia, usually about seven seasons, the exhibition is themed around four widely recognised seasons: Season of Fire and Burn, Season of Rain, Season of Flowers, and Season of Cool Winds.

Deborah Kamanj Wurrkidj, Mankurndalh (Bush Plum) Dress 2019

Deborah Kamanj Wurrkidj, Mankurndalh Bush (Plum Dress) 2019

Lyn-Al Young, Songline 2020

Belinda Kalidjan Kuriniya, Manyawak (Cheeky Yam) 2003

Deborah Kamanj Wurrkidj, Mandjarduk (Bush Apple) 2012

Shannon Brett, Femme Gem 2020

Grace Lillian Lee, A Weave of Reflection 2018

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