Highlights From 2010
Sonda Nampitjinpa Turner was a highlight on Opening Night. Her traditional style of painting is like no other, museum quality.
Next Exhibition is the Xmas Exhibition
Opening Night, Friday 12th November, 6pm
“Renaissance in the Desert”
Showcasing art from Australia’s newest and most dynamic desert art producing regions along with Western Desert and Utopia artists. Experience the diversity of style of Western Desert and Utopia Artists to the work produced at Ngaanyatjarra and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yanjunytjatjara art centres that lie in close proximity to the tri-state border of NT, WA and SA. These painters are new to acrylic on canvas, but share the same cryptic and powerful iconography, cultural law and song-lines of Tjukurpa and over-whelming compassion for country as their Western Desert relatives.
Meet an outstanding Western Desert artist
Sonda Nampitjinpa Turner
With tradition, stories and technique passed down from her father and uncle, there was a time when Sonda didn’t paint. But now her life is all about art, and everybody sits up and takes notice. Through her artwork, she carries on telling and interpreting her Indigenous tradition, stories and culture. It’s a practice that is strong in her family linking culture and country. Sonda’s visit is sponsored by Lauretta Ridgers of Readback Books & Aboriginal Art Gallery in Darwin.
Artists from the Western Cape – April 30, 2010
Opening Night: Friday April 30, 2010 from 6-8pm.
Location: Emu Apple Gallery – 48 Rogers Street, Spring Hill, QLD
Featuring Guest Speaker:
Mayrah Dreise
Lecturer and Creative Industries Academic Advisor
Oodgeroo Unit – Chancellery
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Exhibition: April 30, 2010 – May 21, 2010.
Exhibition Opening Times: Wednesday – Saturday, 11am-4pm. Other times by appointment.
Register for this event.
The art from the Western Cape has captured the imagination of the contemporary art world in recent times. The ageless art of the Cape York communities makes a significant statement about the resilience of Aboriginal culture.
This art gives a definite insight into the strong cultural and religious significance the Indigenous people have with the lands of Cape York and the Rainforest region. Not only are the paintings vibrant and multi-faceted, but the range of works are impressive and inclusive, like historical totemic objects from Aurukun and shields from the Rainforest region. None of which have lost the dynamism and meaning of the traditional owners.
The ageless art of weaving is still practiced by skilled makers. Thancoopie is one of Australia’s leading ceramicists, who uses clay to express herself and her intricate relationship with her land and its creatures through tactile drawings on the surfaces of her round pots.
