It is a Wild West, a frontier. A woman in a Victorian era black dress is out for revenge. A shirtless youth grins in the shadows.


With a simmering intensity, the story reveals itself in the dark.

Exhibition Dates: 12 July – 10 August 2024

Across a gothic dreamscape, the images of The Burning, have no sharp focus - bordering on the intangible, they change like moving sand when viewed from different angles and in different light. With other-worldly hues, and a film of dirt, a mist stirs in the burning landscape. Images struggle to stay together - they fall apart on the edge of evaporation.

It is a Wild West, a frontier. A woman in a Victorian era black dress is out for revenge. A shirtless youth grins in the shadows.

With a simmering intensity, the story reveals itself in the dark.

“Some time back, I travelled with a small photo crew to one of my Indigenous family’s ancestral areas looking for locations to stage a new photo drama using myself and actors… The locations I uncovered were visually featureless - meaning no great dramatic mountain range, forests or even a decent desert-scape - I only found endless dry brown scrub. In a sense, the plainness of the location and the dirt triggered my fictional open-ended narrative. I attempted to ‘fill it in’ as if to paint across a blank canvas.”

- Tracey Moffatt, 2024




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Tracey Moffatt Justice, 2024; from the series The Burning; digital colour print;  x 128 cm; 128 x 190 cm (framed); Edition of 6 + 2 AP; more info; enquire
Justice, 2024
from the series The Burning
digital colour print
x 128 cm; 128 x 190 cm (framed)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Tracey Moffatt Fence Boy, 2024; from the series The Burning; digital colour print; 128 x 190 cm (framed); Edition of 6 + 2 AP; more info; enquire
Fence Boy, 2024
from the series The Burning
digital colour print
128 x 190 cm (framed)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Tracey Moffatt Eagle, 2024; from the series The Burning; digital colour print; 128 x 190 cm (framed); Edition of 6 + 2 AP; more info; enquire
Eagle, 2024
from the series The Burning
digital colour print
128 x 190 cm (framed)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Tracey Moffatt The Gates, 2024; from the series The Burning; digital colour print; 128 x 190 cm (framed); Edition of 6 + 2 AP; more info; enquire
The Gates, 2024
from the series The Burning
digital colour print
128 x 190 cm (framed)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Tracey Moffatt Evening Star, 2024; from the series The Burning; digital colour print; 128 x 190 cm (framed); Edition of 6 + 2 AP; more info; enquire
Evening Star, 2024
from the series The Burning
digital colour print
128 x 190 cm (framed)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Tracey Moffatt Crossing, 2024; from the series The Burning; digital colour print; 128 x 190 cm (framed); Edition of 6 + 2 AP; more info; enquire
Crossing, 2024
from the series The Burning
digital colour print
128 x 190 cm (framed)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Tracey Moffatt Moon (Giidan), 2024; from the series The Burning; digital colour print; 128 x 190 cm (framed); Edition of 6 + 2 AP; more info; enquire
Moon (Giidan), 2024
from the series The Burning
digital colour print
128 x 190 cm (framed)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Tracey Moffatt Ritual, 2024; from the series The Burning; digital colour print; 128 x 190 cm (framed); Edition of 6 + 2 AP; more info; enquire
Ritual, 2024
from the series The Burning
digital colour print
128 x 190 cm (framed)
Edition of 6 + 2 AP