Art Almanac October 2019 $6
Leila Jeffreys Tarnanthi Brad Rusbridge
Art Almanac October 2019
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Deadline for November 2019: Wednesday 2 October, 2019.
We acknowledge and pay our respect to the many Aboriginal nations across this land, traditional custodians, Elders past and present; in particular the Guringai people of the Eora Nation where Art Almanac has been produced.
Deep listening is key to the creation, staging and experience of works in the ‘Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art’, which comprises a fair, a major show at the Art Gallery of South Australia and an array of art events in broader Adelaide, all of which reflect ‘tarnanthi’ – to come forth or come to light. Elsewhere in Australia, three solo-shows encourage us to look and listen closer. Leila Jeffreys asks us to bond with birds, a relationship to the self is mediated in Brad Rusbridge’s paintings and John Young Zerunge shifts our focus to the fact and fiction of history.
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Leila Jeffreys, 2019, Blue Blossoms 2, photograph on archival fibre-based cotton rag paper, dimensions variable Courtesy the artist and Olsen Gallery, Sydney
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Artstate Tamworth Presented by Regional Arts NSW, ‘Artstate Tamworth’ is the third iteration of the organisation’s four-year program ‘Artstate’ established in 2017 as a platform to highlight the excellence in regional arts practice in the region. From 31 October to 3 November the township of Tamworth will be a hub for visual art, theatre, dance, film and conversation, across a dynamic program of exhibitions including ‘Exploded Textiles’, ‘Art Word Place’ and ‘Warrabara’ by Kamilaroi weaver Amy Hammond. A two-day conference will explore the theme ‘On Country – In Country and Arts in the Age of Uncertainty’, ‘Girrabul Murris (talented Murris)’ will take the stage for the open-air concert and five local artists including Reko Rennie will electrify building façades with a series of light projections. artstate.com.au Jonathan Monk, Dessins Isométriques (Afrique Cubique) A3, 2017, screenprint on wax print fabric, metal grommets, 115 x 104cm Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 2017 Courtesy the artist and Artstate Tamworth, New South Wales
Melbourne International Arts Festival Melbourne International Arts Festival’s visual art events include the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art presenting a sonic installation by Haroon Mirza who responds to the ‘echo chamber’ the architecture their unique space creates. Mariana Castillo Deball exhibits for the first time in Australia with Monash University Museum of Art and across two spaces, Gertrude Contemporary and Margaret Lawrence Gallery, we find ‘Hope Dies Last’ which has us sit in the discomfort inevitable when we let go of optimism. Denton Corker Marshall architects examine the histories of four galleries — Melbourne’s United Artists, City Gallery, and the Sydney and Melbourne iterations of Anna Schwartz Gallery, where the show is on view. At Tolarno, teamLab’s interest in technology and futurism reflect on the splendor of the natural world. festival.melbourne Mariana Castillo Deball, Ediacara panorama, 2019 Courtesy the artist and Melbourne International Arts Festival, Victoria
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Kulinmaya! Keep listening, everybody! Mumu Mike Williams Allen & Unwin
‘Kulinmaya!’ by artist Mumu Mike Williams is both a touchstone and a jumping off point. It is a comprehensive and yet accessible book that charts his life experiences, art practice, Tjukurpa Law and engagement with the land rights movement in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands of Central Australia. In addition there is a discussion with elders, story ‘Waru pitjantja’ (The way the fire was returned) and essay from Hetti Kemerre Perkins. The title underscores the importance of putting traditional languages first, praises the intentions of activists, as well as respecting the rituals and attitudes to hierarchy and land that are part of cultural fabric. The book is enriched with photographs of his family from as early as the 1950s, reproductions of artworks and is written in Pitjantjatjara and English.
Williams reflects on how his art practice, which includes text, depictions of the land and appropriates Commonwealth material like mailbags is testament to the strength of his culture. We also hear from Sammy Dodd who shares wisdom about making kulata, and later learn how the spear is a symbol of protection in Williams’ paintings. A driving force for sharing these stories and information is so that the children will grow up strong and able to carry the culture forward.
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John Young Zerunge The Lives of Celestials Tahney Fosdike
The past is what happened, history is what is remembered. Recognising this dichotomy, the practice of John Young Zerunge reconstructs dominant historical narratives into more accurate and diverse records of the past. Following years of robust research, his artistic reimagining of historical data brings invisible stories into public consciousness. ‘The Lives of Celestials: John Young Zerunge’ at Town Hall Gallery, supports his aims to unearth, ‘empathy and cultural sensitivity’ for non-western stories by exhibiting what he has discovered about Australia’s Chinese communities from the 1840s onwards. ‘The Lives of Celestials’ is a continuation of the intellectual depth and compassion of Young’s oeuvre. Since moving to Australia from Hong Kong in 1967, Young has maintained a bi-cultural perspective throughout his practice, which is especially notable in his ‘History Projects’. Over the last decade, these projects have prompted him to scour community archives and collect oral histories, seeking to identify histories of Australia’s Chinese diaspora. ‘The Lives of Celestials’ is the largest presentation of this research, representing the Lambing Flat riots (1860-1), Australia’s largest racially motivated riots to date, and portraying the lives of four Chinese-Australians. Young’s presentation of his historical research is flavoured by its reimagining through contemporary mediums and methods. He resonates with different cultures and times in bold chalk drawings, photographs, video works and paintings, relying on archival, traditional and technological materials. Yet, Young doesn’t rest on his artistic capabilities, allowing detailed labels to contextualise historical information and complement intuitive readings of the artworks. The exhibition’s first space shows abstract paintings created from stock images processed by an algorithm of colour fields and hand-painted onto linen, as well as an introductory wall text, a poster calling for a monument to the riots and Marienbad (2012), a digital print and oil on canvas. Lambing Flat (2018), covering an entire wall, reveals Young’s most idiosyncratic medium: large black and white archival prints and chalk inscriptions on paper. In these, Young’s perceptive integration of multilingual quotes and archival images evoke the riot’s moments, landscape and feeling, which in turn, explicitly anchors the presented history in one’s mind. We then move into a darkly lit room with a triangular installation of works containing reenactions of the riots, exploring tensions and solidarity between racial groups. Video work, The Field (2019) inverts the ethnicities of the oppressed: a white woman’s hair is pulled, evocative of the scalping of the miners. The Bridge to Innocence and Safety III (2018) illustrates a young Chinese girl in a blanket juxtaposed against someone concealed in a space foil blanket, referencing modern humanitarian aid. The third work, Action: Covering 1, 2 & 3 (2018), shows Young as an injured miner rescued by the Robert family (a European family who offered shelter to the miners) with a pull to the present by the rescuer’s Nikes. Young reverently surveys the personal histories of four Chinese-Australians. Two small embroidery works, Cochran Town (2015) and The Meeting (2015), delicately link to the characters of 1866: The Worlds of Lowe Kong Men and Jong Ah Siug (2015). Running along one wall, Young’s black and white reworked photographs including images of ships and bedrooms and chalk text referencing asylums and empires are redolent of Men and Siug’s lives: two Chinese men who 36
THEN White Rabbit Gallery Until 26 January, 2020 Sydney Ten years of intriguing, beautiful and political presentations by contemporary Chinese artists is a milestone to celebrate. White Rabbit Gallery marks the occasion with a show curated by David Williams charting the gallery’s history of patronage, collection building and curatorship lead by founder Judith Neilson. ‘THEN’ will include work from early shows, such as Chen Wenling’s memorable sculpture Valiant Struggle No. 11 (2005) as well as new works, and screenings of video art from some of China’s leading artists.
Bu Hua, Beauty 3, 2008, pigmented inkjet print, 100cm diameter Courtesy the artist and White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney
Threads Through Art Australian Tapestries
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 18 October to 1 December, 2019 New South Wales
‘Threads Through Art’ is an exhibition of hand-woven tapestries from public and private collections by 18 of Australia’s most celebrated artists – Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, John Coburn, Marley Dawson, Graham Fransella, Richard Larter, Janet Laurence, Margo Lewers, Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Nell, Sidney Nolan, David Noonan, John Olsen, William Robinson, Gareth Sansom, Arlene Textaqueen, John Wolseley and Luke Sciberras who will unveil a major new commission Bridle Track, Hill End (2019).
Nell with Australian Tapestry Workshop weavers: Sue Batten, John Dicks, Pamela Joyce, Let Me Put My Love Into You, 2006, tapestry: wool and cotton, 161 x 300cm Deutsche Bank Australia Collection © Australian Tapestry Workshop Courtesy the artists, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
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Primavera
A world in a looking glass
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia 11 October to 9 February, 2020 Sydney
Grafton Regional Gallery Until 20 October, 2019 New South Wales
‘Primavera’ is an annual showcase of exceptional early career Australian artists. This year’s iteration has been curated by painter Mitch Cairns who has selected Mitchel Cumming, Rosina Gunjarrwanga, Lucina Lane, Aodhan Madden, Kenan Namunjdja, Zoe Marni Robertson and Coen Young. While each practice is unique together Cairns confirms they ‘collectively embrace cultural connection, poetic registers and the vast spectrum of painting in their articulation of new language forms.’
‘A world in a looking glass’ is an exhibition of works by contemporary artists working in the tradition of the medieval art form of creating miniature objects. Waratah Lahy, Kendal Murray, Mylyn Nguyen, Leo Robba, and Tinky (Liz Sonntag) present small-scale works, which invite the viewer on a journey into curious little realms where stories unfold within dreamlike scenarios, across everyday observations, in street-based dioramas and the Gallipoli Landscape. These miniscule creations are cause to stop, to look and explore more closely.
Rosina Gunjarrwanga, Wak Wak, 2018, earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) Courtesy the artist, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Kendal Murray, Objections, Reflections, Corrections, 2014, mixed media assemblage, 8 x 7.5 x 9cm Courtesy the artist, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney and Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales
Pleasure Plants STATION Until 26 October, 2019 Sydney
Warlukurlangu Artists Fire Country Dreaming Japingka Gallery Until 22 October, 2019 Western Australia
STATION celebrates their new Sydney gallery with the inaugural group show, ‘Pleasure Plants’, which presents work from Adam Lee, Sam Martin, Clare Milledge, Sean Peoples, André Piguet, Michael Staniak, Marian Tubbs, Michelle Ussher and Isadora Vaughan. Taking its cue from a general ecology podcast titled ‘plantsex’ the show will explore the symbiosis and mutually beneficial relationship between humans and plants, in direct and abstracted ways.
‘Fire Country Dreaming’ is a Jukurrpa ancestral story that falls under the custodial role of Jampijinpa and Jangala men and Nampijinpa and Nangala women. Warlukurlangu Artists from the desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia present a fascinating interpretation of 14 individual Dreaming stories and the sacred sites associated with them in this exhibition of paintings. Fusions of deep red, orange, yellow and blue-purple hues summon a strong visual presentation of the Central Desert and the ancient stories embedded within it.
Adam Lee, Genealogy, 2019, oil, synthetic polymer and pigment on canvas, 112 x 76cm Courtesy the artist and STATION, Sydney
Theo (Faye) Nangala Hudson, Fire Country Dreaming, 122 x 61cm Courtesy the artist and Japingka Gallery, Western Australia
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Artist Opportunities We have selected a few galleries and funding bodies calling for submissions for Art Awards, Artist Engagements, Grants, Public Art, Residency Programs, Exhibition Proposals and more. Enjoy and good luck! The NGV and MECCA Award announcement
Melbourne-based artist Renee Cosgrave has recently been announced as the recipient of the $20,000 MECCA M-Power NGV Arts Mentoring Program. Now in its third year, this program initiated by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and MECCA Brands partnership supports an emerging female visual artist or designer to advance their artistic practice and career. New Zealand-born, Cosgrave is an abstract painter from Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi (tribe) in Aotearoa, with Irish, Māori and Scottish ancestry and a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) Graduate from Monash University. She has exhibited widely in Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Italy in collaborative, group and solo shows. She has completed several large-scale murals and curated exhibitions at independent art spaces in Melbourne. Cosgrave is a recent finalist in the 2019 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, and the 2018 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize.
Using painting as a form of therapy, Cosgrave created a body of work that applies colour and repetition to explore themes of identity, memory, place and home. Her work titled Rangataua-Rawhiti (2019) features colours signifying the lands, waters, marae (tribal house), animals and flora of Aotearoa. It is her first work referencing her whakapapa (genealogy) and represents her Māori grandmother. In the program Cosgrave will do further research of her family history and culture and develop and create new work in relation to it with the support of tailored mentoring, professional networking and learning opportunities with industry experts.
Sculpture by the Bay
Submissions close 25 November 2019 Expressions of Interest for the 2020 Sculpture by the Bay foreshore works and the Small Sculpture Prize for small indoor works are open. Online entry forms can be accessed on the event website, with more information on Facebook. sculpturebythebay.com.au facebook.com/SculptureByTheBay
Portrait of a Senior Territorian Art Award
Entries close 15 October 2019 The Portrait of a Senior Territorian Art Award and exhibition celebrates the significant contributions senior Territorians make to the community and recognises outstanding Northern Territory artists. Entries are open for the 2019 award with a prize pool of $10,500; first prize $7,000 Acquisition Award (for the Araluen Art Centre Collection), second prize $2,000, third prize $500 and the People’s Choice Prize of $1,000. Artists are invited to submit an original painting completed no more than two years prior to the exhibition and is open to artists aged 17 years and over who are residents of the Northern Territory. Finalist exhibition 9 November to 15 December. dtsc.nt.gov.au
Cape Paterson Public Art Commission
Renee Cosgrave, Rangataua-Rawhiti, 2019, oil on linen, 152 x 152cm Recipient of the MECCA M-Power NGV Arts Mentoring Program 2019 Courtesy the artist and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Expressions of Interest close 20 October 2019 Bass Coast Shire Council is calling experienced artists to submit expressions of interest for the creation of a contemporary public artwork, which will be located in the township of Cape Paterson, Victoria, as part of the annual Public Art Program. The commission calls for design concepts that will deliver an innovative and engaging creative artwork that stands as a Place Statement. Four potential locations have been identified as suitable for the project by the Council and the Community Working Group. Artists may propose their preferred site/s within the township, and can be a single site or an array of smaller discreet locations scattered across the town. basscoast.vic.gov.au/artistscall
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Richmond Charles Nodrum Gallery
267 Church Street, Richmond 3121. T (03) 94270140. E gallery@charlesnodrumgallery.com.au W www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au Director: Charles Nodrum (member of ACGA). H Tues-Sat 11.00 to 6.00. Oct 5 to 26 Ann Thomson and David Rankin.
Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc.
CAS Inc. PO Box 283, Richmond 3121. T (03) 9428-0568, 0407-059-194. E mail@contemporaryartsociety.org.au W www.contemporaryartsociety.org.au A non-profit art society run by artists, for artists, established 1938. To Oct 29 The Australian National Brooch Show 2019 at Eltham Library, Panther Place, Eltham (see ad page 85).
Niagara Galleries
245 Punt Road, Richmond 3121. T (03) 9429-3666. E mail@niagaragalleries.com.au W www.niagaragalleries.com.au Director: William Nuttall (member of ACGA). H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat 12.00 to 5.00 or by appt. To Oct 19 cloud and river by Euan Macleod. Oct 22 to Nov 16 End street by Noel McKenna. Also, With Permission and without permission. Needing an Authority that Doesn’t Exist by Helen Maudsley. Also showing in our stockroom: Rick Amor, Glenn Barkley, Terry Batt, Stephen Benwell, Tony Bevan (UK), Paul Boston, Angela Brennan, Robert Bridgewater, Gunter Christmann, Julia Ciccarone, Brenda L. Croft, Harry Dixon Mptyane, Riley Dixon, Julie Dowling, Fiona Foley, Star Gossage (NZ), Michelle Grabner (US), Malaluba Gumana, Rubaba Haider, Euan Heng, Dale Hickey, Dianne Jones, Jennifer Joseph, David Keeling, Yvonne Kendall, Richard Larter, Kevin Lincoln, Song Ling, Travis MacDonald, Euan Macleod, Helen Maudsley, Noel McKenna, Sean Meilak, Samuel Namunjdja, Lena Nyadbi, Martin Parr (UK), Angelina Pwerle, Hu Qinwu (CN), Steven Rendall, Andreas Ruthi (CH), Jan Senbergs, Neil Taylor, Savanhdary Vongpoothorn, Wolpa Wanambi, Wukun Wanambi, Bradd Westmoreland, Ken Whisson, Helen Wright and Liu Zhuoquan (CN).
David Rankin, Chinese Ice, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 165 x 74cm Courtesy the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery Euan Macleod, Fogman 2 heads, 2018, oil on polyester, 137 x 180cm Courtesy the artist and Niagara Galleries
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Sheffer Gallery
38 Lander Street, Darlington 2008. T (02) 9310-5683. E mail@sheffergallery.com W www.sheffergallery.com H Wed-Sat 11.00 to 6.00. Oct 2 to 12 Anthony Cahill. Oct 16 to 26 Graziela Guardino.
White Rabbit Gallery
30 Balfour Street (near Central Station), Chippendale 2008. T (02) 8399-2867. W www.whiterabbitcollection.org H Wed-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. To Jan 26, 2020 THEN. The White Rabbit Gallery Turns Ten! White Rabbit Gallery celebrates its tenth birthday with THEN, a show which takes a chronological walk through the first ten years (2000-2010) of Judith Neilson’s renowned private collection. Among more than 60 works in THEN you will rediscover many old favourites and some works never before shown.
Chen Fei, Beyond Satisfaction 2006 2, 2006, oil on canvas, 280 x 220cm Courtesy the artist and White Rabbit Gallery
East Sydney APY Gallery
45 Burton Street, Darlinghurst 2010. E sydneygallery@apyartcentrecollective.com W www.apygallery.com H Tues-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00, or by appt. The APY Gallery is a platform for emerging Indigenous artists from the APY Art Centre Collective. www.apyartcentrecollective.com
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ARO
51 William Street, Darlinghurst 2010. T 0414-946-894. E info@arogallery.com W www.arogallery.com H Gallery hours vary. Visit website for exhibition program. Oct 2 to 13 (opening Wed Oct 2, 6-8pm) The Life of Starlight: according to the Equine Art Saints by Stephen Hall – A MerryAndrew the Limner Tenth Anniversary Exhibition. Wed-Sun 10.00 to 6.00. www.instagram.com/ stephenhallartist (see ad page 115). Oct 15 to 27 (opening Tues Oct 15, 6-8pm) Artefacts: Unburied treasure by Ian Kingsford-Smith www.iankingsfordsmith.com Tues-Sun 12-6.30pm, Sat-Sun 12-5pm (see ad page 117).
Arthouse Gallery
66 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay 2011. T (02) 9332-1019. E contact@arthousegallery.com.au W www.arthousegallery.com.au H Tues-Fri 9.30 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To Oct 5 You need the light to cast a shadow by Belinda Fox. Oct 17 to Nov 2 Red Sky in the Morning by Jo Davenport.
Belinda Fox, Slide away, watercolour, drawing, collage and encaustic wax on board, 130 x 120cm Courtesy the artist and Arthouse Gallery
Artspace
43-51 Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo 2011. T (02) 9356-0555. E artspace@artspace.org.au W www.artspace.org.au H Mon-Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Visit website for exhibition program.
The Cross Art Projects
8 Llankelly Lane (off Orwell Street), Kings Cross 2011. T (02) 9357-2058, 0406-537-933. E info@crossart.com.au W www.crossart.com.au Director: Jo Holder. H Thurs-Sat 11.00 to 6.00. Oct 19 to Nov 9 (opening Sat Oct, 19, 3pm) WOMANIFESTO Archive: Art and Social Engagement in Thailand, 1990’s – Present.
Adelaide ACE Open
Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace (West End), Kaurna Yarta 5000. T (08) 8211-7505. E admin@aceopen.art W www.aceopen.art Free admission. H Tues-Sat 11.00 to 4.00. South Australia’s leading organisation for contemporary visual art and artists. Oct 18 to Dec 7 No Black Seas an Arts Ceduna Group Exhibition presented by ACE Open and Ku Arts as part of Tarnanthi festival. In No Black Seas, regional South Australian artists explore their cultural and personal connections with the Great Australian Bight and the impact that drilling would have on country and community; sounding the alarm for an issue that is not only theirs but all of ours.
Adelaide Central Gallery
7 Mulberry Road, Glenside 5065. T (08) 8299-7300. E info@acsa.sa.edu.au W www.acsa.sa.edu.au H Mon-Tues and Thurs-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Wed 9.00 to 6.45. After hours by appt. To Oct 25 Warm Earth by Bridget Currie and Bernadette Klavins. This new collaborative installation from two exciting South Australian artists draws inspiration from the Adelaide Parklands to provide a sensitive and viscerally rich contemplation of nature’s fecund potential. Gleaned timber and mulch are recombined and recontextualised to create an entirely new organic environment.
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art University of South Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8207-7000. W www.artgallery.sa.gov.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Guided tours daily at 11.00 and 2.00. Oct 18 to Jan 27, 2020 Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art – encounter leading-edge contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at locations in and around Adelaide and across South Australia. With the support of Tarnanthi 2019’s many partner organisations, works of daring, vision and wonder can be seen at diverse venues – from regional galleries to city hospitals, town halls to university campuses and museums to artist studio spaces. Oct 18 to 20 Tarnanthi Art Fair. Lovers and collectors of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art have the opportunity to meet artists and buy works of art direct from artists and art centres. This popular annual event brings together city-based, regional, emerging and established artists from across the nation, exclusively to Adelaide. Presented in partnership with Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute.
Ngupulya Pumani, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, Mimili, South Australia, Antara, 2018, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 3 panels Courtesy the artist, Mimili Maku Arts, Northern Territory and Art Gallery of South Australia
55 North Terrace, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8302-0870. E samstagmuseum@unisa.edu.au W www.unisa.edu.au/samstagmuseum Free admission, all welcome. H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, closed public hols and during exhibition changeover. Oct 18 to Dec 6 Fiona Tan: Ascent.
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Fiona Tan, Ascent (installation view: 2), 2016, 16:10 colour projection, colour, 5.1 surround-sound, 77 mins Courtesy the artist and Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art
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Fremantle Artitja Fine Art
South Fremantle, 6162. T (08) 9336-7787, 0418-900-954. E info@artitja.com.au W www.artitja.com.au Directors: Anna Kanaris and Arthur Clarke Celebrating 15 years in 2019 Artitja Fine Art Gallery in South Fremantle are specialists in Aboriginal art from remote art centre communities and hold up to six exhibitions a year, details of which can be found on their website. Oct 12 to 27 IN OCHRE – Waringarri and Kira Kiro artists from the Kimberley. A group exhibition of ochre paintings and objects from Miriwoong artists based in Kununurra in the East Kimberley and the Kira Kiro artists from Kalumburu on the north Kimberley coast, as selected from the Directors visit to the Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Centre earlier this year. At Earlywork, 330 South Terrace, South Fremantle.
printmakers through a series of residencies to produce a portfolio of works that unite their individual practices. And repeat. is part live performance, part immersive installation. Also, Harry Hummerston: Screenprints – a survey exhibition showcasing the breadth and sophistication of Hummerston’s practice and the versatility, diversity and graphic power of the screenprint technique.
Harry Hummerston, Steal a hacksaw, 1983, screenprint, 76 x 56cm City of Fremantle Art Collection no. 1484 Courtesy the artist and Fremantle Arts Centre
Japingka Gallery
47 High Street, Fremantle 6160. T (08) 9335-8265. E japingka@iinet.net.au W JapingkaAboriginalArt.com H Open daily. To Oct 22 Fire Country – Warlukurlangu Artists. Also, On the Coast – The Art of Fiona Omeenyo & Rosella Namok. Judy Mengil, Windoogoong, 80 x 80cm Courtesy the artist and Artitja Fine Art Gallery
Fremantle Arts Centre
1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle 6160. T (08) 9432-9555. E fac@fremantle.wa.gov.au W www.fac.org.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To Nov 10 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2019 – now in its 44th year, the Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award returns with a spectacular new showcase of prints and artist’s books from a selection of established, emerging and cross-disciplinary artists from across the country. In 2019, Australia’s premier printmaking prize continues to present works which celebrate traditional printmaking alongside those which look towards the future of the medium. Also, And repeat. by Melissa McGrath sees McGrath at work in the galleries, collaborating with local
Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery
46 Henry Street, Fremantle 6160. T (08) 9432-9898. E richiek@fremantle.wa.gov.au W www.fac.org.au/about/moores-building H Daily 10.00 to 4.00. Sept 27 to Oct 6 25Under25 2019 Art Award presented by the City of Fremantle Open showcases and celebrates young artists. Open to all art forms, the exhibition features 25 selected artists aged 14 to 25. Oct 12 to 28 Fremantle International Portrait Prize 2019 is an offbeat, compelling portrait photography award selected from premier national and international photographers from more than 40 countries. As well as digital and film categories, this year introduces a mobile phone category. www.fipp.org.au
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Alice Springs Araluen Arts Centre
Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs 0870. T (08) 8951-1122. E araluen@nt.gov.au W www.araluenartscentre.nt.gov.au H Daily 10.00 to 4.00. To Oct 20 Desert Mob 2019. Presented by the Araluen Arts Centre and Desart, Desert Mob is an event of national significance, representing the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Aboriginal art by artists from across the desert regions and communities of Central Australia. After recordbreaking audience attendance and artwork sales in 2018, this 29-year-strong event remains as vital and vibrant as ever.
Desart Association of Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Centres
11/54 Arthur J Gallagher Centre, Reg Harris Lane, Alice Springs 0870. T (08) 8953-4736. E mail@desart.com.au W desart.com.au www.facebook.com/desart.inc Art centre members are community-based enterprises, owned and managed by Aboriginal people in their communities. They provide economic, social and cultural benefits. Desart members represent approximately 8000 artists, from 16 distinct language groups spread across the Central desert region of Australia.
Tjanpi Desert Weavers
3 Wilkinson Street, Alice Springs 0870. T (08) 8958-2377. E tjanpi.sales@npywc.org.au W www.tjanpi.com.au www.facebook.com/Tjanpi Tjanpi represents over 400 Anangu/Yarnangu women artists from 26 remote communities on the NPY lands.
Watch This Space ARI
Dulcie Sharpe and Marlene Rubuntja, of Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, at the Desert Mob 2018 Artist’s Preview Photograph: Rhett Hammerton Courtesy the artists and the Northern Territory, Department of Tourism, Sport and Culture
Artback NT Arts Development and Touring
8 Gap Road, Alice Springs 0870. T (08) 8952-1949. E wts@wts.org.au W www.wts.org.au H Wed-Fri 12.00 to 5.00, and Sat 10.00 to 2.00 during exhibitions. Showcasing local, interstate and international emerging and established artists. Oct 4 to 19 (opening and performance Fri Oct 4, 6pm) exhibition by Léuli Eshraghi. Oct 22 to 25 Open community monoprinting workshops. Accompanying exhibition and fundraising event: Fri Oct 25, 5pm. Also, Travelling Artist in Residence: Isadora Vaughan & Kate Hill open studio TBC. See website.
67 Bath Street, Alice Springs 0871. T (08) 8953-5941. W www.artbacknt.com.au Artback NT is the Northern Territory’s arts development and touring agency. The visual arts program works with individuals, groups and arts-based organisations to present and tour dynamic and exciting visual arts exhibitions nationally and within the Northern Territory with a focus on the development and promotion of Northern Territory artists.
Léuli Eshrāghi, tagatanuʻu, 2019, Sharjah, Biennial 14 – Beyond the Echo Chamber Courtesy the artist, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates and Watch This Space ARI
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