Cairns Art Gallery Members Magazine #76 by CAIRNS ART GALLERY

CAIRNS ART GALLERY

MARCH - MAY 2019 MEMBERS NEWSLETTER | 76

DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD

IMAGE COVER Linda JACKSON Linda Jackson Khanga Rainbow poncho 1987 handprint with paper stencils on cotton 104 x 117 cm © Linda Jackson Photo: Michael Marzik 1

IMAGE ABOVE Simeon Noah, Wuni Wuni Tapau-Bon, Frank Kaigey, Robert Meddy Kaigey, unknown, Aven Noah Snr, Aven Noah Jnr, Ray Noah during bamboo harvest 2018 digital image Image courtesy and © Damien Wright Studios

We are thrilled to again be partnering with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and Gab Titui Cultural Centre (GTCC) on an innovative new project, Contemporary Bamboo Design from Mer. This project builds on the artist-curator workshop and mentoring model developed for our previous very successful partnership exhibition, Lei It On in 2017. The Bamboo Design project is a response to the Mer community’s desire to reconnect with traditional Meriam practices of making objects from locally grown bamboo, while also learning and applying contemporary techniques to create furniture and design objects. The resulting works will be exhibited at the Gallery during CIAF this year. With the support of the Cairns Regional Council’s Regional Arts Development Fund, the Gallery is supporting two local artists, Simone Arnol and Bernard Singleton, to create a new body of photographic portraits for exhibition at

the Cairns Art Gallery. Mentored by acclaimed arts photographers, Michael Cook and Greg Semu, the artists will explore contemporary fashion and identity relating to traditional Indigenous culture and country in Far North Queensland. The Gallery has also received Arts Queensland funding for Coen-based artist Naomi Hobson to create photographic portraits that establish new narratives around black representation, identity and gender. These will be exhibited during the Gallery’s QUEEN’S LAND: BLAK PORTRAITURE exhibition, together with a series of photographic portraits by aspiring young artists in Coen who are being mentored by Naomi over the coming months. I hope you will enjoy all that the Gallery has to offer this year. Andrea May Churcher Director 2

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DAVID HOCKNEY PRINTS

The Cairns Art Gallery is thrilled to have been selected to launch the national tour of prints by the celebrated British artist David Hockney from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Regarded internationally as one of most influential and experimental printmakers of our time, Hockney was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1937. Combining great technical ability and an extraordinary gift for drawing with a passion for inventiveness and the desire to explore new ways of seeing and doing, Hockney continues to create works that resonate with and thrill audiences around the world. I love new mediums. I think mediums can turn you on, they can excite you; they always let you do something in a different way David Hockney

As a young artist, Hockney explored his sexual identity and experiences through painting

and printmaking by developing a subversive iconography relating to his homosexuality. Now 81 years old and a towering figure in British art, Hockney seeks to explore the age-old questions of how to create a portrait, how to depict a landscape and season, and how to indicate space and time in two-dimensional art forms. Hockney’s development from an emerging artist to a mature and successful one lay in his constant searching for new ways of depiction. He was constantly posing pictorial problems and then trying to solve them. This experimental process is particularly evident in his extensive body of prints, which, compared to his paintings, possess a more expressive, and less inhibited style. In recent years, Hockney has embraced new technologies, including the use of iPhones and iPads, and continues to push the boundaries of printmaking in terms of style, content and technique.

A NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA TRAVELLING EXHIBITION David HOCKNEY Green pool with diving board and shadow, 1978 hand-coloured and pressed coloured paper pulp  National Gallery of Australia Collection Purchased 1979  © David Hockney 4

UNTIL 5 MAY ‘19

FASHIONING BLACK IDENTITY AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA JOJO ABOT LEONCE RAPHAEL AGBODJELOU ATONG ATEM DELPHINE DIALLO OMAR VICTOR DIOP SEYDOU KEÏTA NAMSA LEUBA

Fashioning Black Identity: Africa and the African Diaspora explores ways in which contemporary black African artists are using fashion, photography and portraiture to redefine personal and cultural identity. Photography as a commercial business began in Africa with British and European colonisation in the late 19th century. Studios were set up to capture images of ‘exotic’ Africa to sell to the outside world. However, with the move to independence between the 1950s and 1970s, many of the photographic studios were taken over by African apprentices who began to explore the possibilities of photography as an art form. Over the past forty years, a distinctive style of art photography has emerged in South Africa with artists, sometimes working collaboratively with other artists, incorporating fashion as a complex device to convey individual and collective identity, speak of resistance and memories, and raise issues of race consciousness. Shifting between the past and the present, portraits by these

artists capture people, experiences and situations in order to redefine images of self and race in contemporary Africa and the African diaspora. Malian photographer Seydou Keïta (1921-2001) is widely regarded as the inspiration for a new generation of West African art photography. A self-taught photographer, Keïta photographed portraits of groups and individuals from all over Mali. He had an extraordinary sense of aesthetics and his finished works were, and continue to be, revered for their high production values. Omar Victor Diop lives and works in Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa. Diaspora is a series of self-portraits based on historical paintings. In each portrait the artist is dressed as a different persona, meticulously styled in period costumes from the 19th century. Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou’s portraits draw on the traditions of colonial studio photography of the 60s and 70s, made famous by artists such as Seydou Keïta. Part of the larger project, the Musclemen series (2012) interprets the experience

of a generation caught between staged modernity and traditions, where white colonial photographers posed black males in colourful textiles adorned with exotic flowers in order to sell the image of an ‘exotic’ Africa to the rest of the world. Agbodjelou’s portraits simultaneously speak of emasculation and of empowerment, raising issues about the objectification of the black male body in the 21st century. Other artists represented in the exhibition include Namsa Leuba whose vibrant portraits are a fusion of fashion and portraiture that comment on the representation of African woman; Delphine Diallo who juxtaposes reality with imaginary conscience; Atong Atem who lives and works in Melbourne and whose portraits depict women in Indonesian inspired textiles that were introduced by the British into Africa during colonisation; and Jojo Abot who works across music, film, photography and performance to create a unique style that is now internationally known as Afro-HynoSonic sound. Together, works by these seven artists from Africa and the African diaspora capture real and imagined experiences and situations to define and re-define notions of self and identity.

IMAGE PAGE 6 Seydou KEÏTA Born Bamako, Mali, 1921 Died Paris, France, 2001 Untitled 1959 C-print 60 x 40 cm Collection of Evan Hughes, Sydney

IMAGE LEFT Namsa LEUBA Born St-Aubin, Switzerland, 1982 Untitled V from the Cocktail series 2011 810 x 110 cm Courtesy of the artist

UNTIL 5 MAY ‘19

LINDA JACKSON TROPICAL DESIGN

For more than four decades Linda Jackson has created an extensive and influential body of work that has helped redefine Australian textile and fashion design. Her practice is influenced by a wide-ranging interest in Australian and international sources and her extensive travels have fuelled her awareness of, and respect for, Indigenous cultures and non-Western clothing traditions. Well-known for her designs inspired by the Australian outback and bush, Linda equally has been drawn to the coast and rainforests of Australia and the Pacific. For many years she lived in Far North Queensland in the coastal settlement of Cooya Beach, situated on the edge of the World Heritage sites of the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Forest.

Linda Jackson: Tropical Design focuses on the artist’s long connection with the environment and cultures across the tropical zone, specifically Australia, the Pacific, and Eastern and Southern Africa, and how her fascination with these regions has inspired her work. Geographically the tropics are the region surrounding the equator which is bounded by the latitudes of the Tropics of Capricorn to the south and Cancer to the north. Northern Australia, and a large area of the Pacific, Asia, Africa and Central and South America fall within this zone. The region is characterised by a warm to hot and humid climate, often with a wet and dry season, which supports the growth

of lush vegetation and a wide variety of flora and fauna. Linda’s work has regularly drawn inspiration from the natural colours and textures found in the tropical environment. Vivid greens, blues, reds, oranges, yellows and pinks dance across Linda’s textile designs in a riot of colour and pattern that express the abundance of the rainforest and the reef. The ocean, coast and bush have long been a part of Linda’s psyche. Growing up in the Melbourne seaside suburb of Beaumaris during the 1950s and 60s, Linda spent her days by the sea and exploring the coastal bush land. Having studied fashion at Emily McPherson College (now RMIT University) and photography at Prahran Technical College, Jackson set off in 1970 on an open-ended trip through Asia (which included Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines) and on to Turkey and Paris with her friends Fran Moore and Peter Tully. Their first stop, Papua New Guinea, where the trio lived for a number of months, left a lasting impression. This was Linda’s introduction to the tropics and to Indigenous cultures beyond Australia. Here she designed and created loose garments for the local European population that were to become a staple in her fashion lexicon. Soon after her return to Australia in 1972, Linda established her fashion label, Linda Jackson. It was this first range of vintage and playful, beach-

inspired garments made from 1950s Hawaiian prints that caught the eye of Jenny Kee, who was about to open her boutique, Flamingo Park, in the Strand Arcade, Sydney in 1973. Over the next eight years the two became an innovative force in Australian fashion design. They forged a distinctive fashion style which was inspired by the local environment and cultural surroundings. Their annual Flamingo Follies parades, which were an exuberant mix of fashion, art and music, were much anticipated events and their vibrant and creative collections drew local and international acclaim. In 1977 Linda and Jenny won the Innovators category at the Fashion Industry of Australia’s Lyre Bird Awards for their creation of a distinctive Australian fashion image.

Integral to Linda’s fashion and textile practice is the creation of hand-printed and handpainted fabrics. In 1982 Linda established her Bush Couture label and her distinctive fabrics were produced by hand in her Sydney studio. Fabrics such as Opal Ocean Cloud (1985) and Black Rainbow Flowers (1986) were created using silk screens and paper stencils, with only ten metres of each colourway being produced. Linda’s experimental techniques included the use of metallic and fluorescent pigments, stencil cut-outs, leaves and string to produce repeat or one-off designs. In order to preserve the integrity of the fabric design, Linda adopted the loose and simply cut traditional garment forms of the poncho, mumu,

tunic and sarong, which privilege the surface pattern, while also providing a practical and cool way of clothing oneself in a hot climate. In addition, through the layering and wrapping of basic clothing forms and textile lengths, Linda’s fashion designs allow for infinite configurations and individual interpretations. While the natural surroundings of Australia have played a key role in Linda’s design practice, her interest in non-Western cultures and their artistic practices led her to create a series of Africaninspired ponchos in the early 1980s. African textiles had long held a fascination for Linda and in 1988 she travelled to Kenya where she lived among the nomadic Maasai people. Stimulated by the colours and patterns of Africa, Linda’s African ponchos, while retaining her strong design aesthetic, sit in contrast to her tropical Australian and Pacific-inspired designs. In 1987 Linda was commissioned to create the textile furnishings for the exclusive fifty-room Club Tropical resort being developed at Port Douglas. Linda produced a range of hand-printed textiles that responded to the theme-based suites, which included Rainforest, Reef and the Australian opal. Her Hibiscus design became the signature print for the resort and a number of the fabrics were also available for purchase in the hotel’s retail outlet. This commission was followed in 1990 with an invitation to design the furnishings for a resort on the Fijian island of Toberua. Linda spent a number of weeks living on the island while she produced her concepts. The six-colour strikeoff (a trial sample) of the fabric in the exhibition incorporates hibiscus and

frangipani flowers set within square frames which reference the strong graphic design elements of traditional Fijian tapa cloth. In 1992 Linda closed her Bush Couture studio in Sydney and went to live in various remote communities in northern Australia, including Oenpelli in the Kakadu region and later in Broome. During this time Linda concentrated on her painting and conducted textile workshops with Indigenous communities. In the mid-1990s Linda also continued to immerse herself in the cultures of the Pacific and she travelled to the Cook Islands to attend the Pacific Arts Festival and spend time in Tahiti. The printed sarongs in the exhibition date from these visits and were collected by Linda, as were the selection of African textiles from the 1980s, for their local design sensibility. In 2000 Linda returned to Port Douglas when she was invited to work on a couple of resort commissions. Club Tropical was undergoing a refurbishment and engaged Linda to create a suite of new furnishing designs. Textiles such as Tropical Hibiscus, Palm Leaf, Heliconia and Barrier Reef reference Linda’s original 1987 design concepts for the resort while introducing new motifs, colour juxtapositions and variations in scale. This two-year project also required Linda to produce artworks for the hotel rooms and public areas. At the same time Linda was commissioned

IMAGE PAGE 10 Linda JACKSON Tropical hibiscus textile length (designed for Port Sea Hotel, Port Douglas) 2000 print on cotton 260 x 144 cm Collection of the artist Photo: Michael Marzik

IMAGE PAGE 11 Linda JACKSON ideas and paper stencils (designed for Club Tropical Resort, Port Douglas and other projects) 1986 paper stencils Collection of the artist

to create furnishings and artworks for the Port Sea Hotel in Port Douglas. These extensive projects resulted in Linda deciding to move to Far North Queensland and she settled at Cooya Beach near Mossman, where she worked on arts projects with local communities until 2011. With its distinctive environment, the tropics left an indelible mark on Linda’s design practice. Referring to the source of her tropical designs and their colours, Linda states, “You just have to look at the tropics, it’s all there.” Laura Jocic Independent Curator January 2019

» DESIGN ACTIVITY SPACE Be inspired by colour and patterns to create your own designs in the Niche Gallery space Free drop in activity Daily until 5 May No bookings required

IMAGE PAGE 12 Linda JACKSON Linda Jackson Khanga Rainbow poncho 1987 handprint with paper stencils on cotton 104 x 117 cm © Linda Jackson Photo: Michael Marzik

IMAGE PAGE 13 Linda JACKSON Barrier Reef textile length (designed for Club Tropical Resort, Port Douglas) 2000 screen print on cotton Courtesy of the artist Photo: Michael Marzik 14

17 MAY - 11 AUGUST 2019

QUEENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LAND

BLAK PORTRAITURE LATE 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT

The notion of identity – who we are, how we see ourselves and how others see us – is a source of deep fascination. QUEEN’S LAND: BLAK PORTRAITURE aims to explore how black identity in Queensland has been defined and visually represented through portraiture by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from the late 19th century to the present. The relationships between personal, cultural and national identity are examined in relation to portrait images that are framed by and perpetuate the dominant colonial, cultural and racial stereotypes, and images where black artists represent themselves and others as they want to be seen, contesting past discourses and engaging with new discourses around race and identity. Displayed across the ground and first floor galleries, QUEEN’S LAND: BLAK PORTRAITURE is a major exhibition curated by the Cairns Art Gallery and guest curators Djon Mundine OAM, and CIAF Artistic Director, Janina Harding. Original artworks and archival images from a diverse range of artistic conventions have been brought together to form visual narratives that

raise questions of identity and connection to country; the exotic; types and stereotypes; dis/ empowerment; activism; and imagining ourselves as we want to be seen. A substantial publication supports the exhibition, with commissioned essays by Michael Aird, Julie Gough, Djon Mundine, Dr Sandra Phillips and Janina Harding that address and contextualise the subject matter and themes of the exhibition.

» EXHIBITION OPENING EVENT with Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Wednesday 10 July 6.00pm

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia Program and is supported by the John Villers trust.

This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland’s Backing Indigenous Arts initiative, which aims to build a stronger, more sustainable and ethical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts industry in the State.

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Limited is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, it’s arts funding and advisory body.

IMAGE PAGE 15 Daniel MARQUIS Man wearing breastplate inscribed, King Sandy, Brisbane 1864 - 1869 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Accesssion: 169645

IMAGE PAGE 16 Christian THOMPSON Bidjara people, Born Gawler, South Australia,1974 Untitled #7 from the King Billy series 2010 C-type print 100 x 100 cm Private collector, Melbourne

IMAGE ABOVE Russell DRYSDALE (1912 - 1981) Group of Aboriginal people 1953 oil on canvas 50.8 x 61 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection Photo: Jennie Carter, AGNSW 18

8 MAR - 21 APRIL ‘19

ELIZABETH HUNTER DECADENCE

Elizabeth Hunter is a Cairns-based artist whose new exhibition, Decadence, explores the darker side of the human psyche, and raises questions about whether we as humans have lost the ability to feel and show empathy and compassion. The exhibition includes new works, including collaborations with two local artists, Ricky Beresford and Priscilla Ong. Hunter is a master printmaker who has a passion for thinking outside the square, and whose approach to life is informed by experiences gained over many years of travelling and studying overseas.

» ARTIST TALK AND EXHIBITION OPENING EVENT Saturday 9 March, 2.00pm

Hunter’s most recent prints and works on paper offer an imaginative analysis of the complexity of human nature and its capacity to simultaneously experience love and loathing, lust and loyalty, brutality and kindness. Together they provide a commentary on our world today, a world the artist acknowledges might closely align with that anticipated by Aldous Huxley in his 1932 novel, Brave New World. Yet her works also offer an alternative narrative that is informed by an acute empathy and compassion for human life, and the many foibles and inadequacies that make us who we are.

Elizabeth HUNTER Playing for keeps (detail) 2018 etching 100 x 50 cm Courtesy of the artist 20

26 APR - 9 JUN ‘19

VINCENT BABIA

KOEY BUWAI MAB:MIGRATION FROM SAIBAI ISLAND TO CAPE YORK The story of a voluntary mass migration of a community from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait to the mainland after World War II, is explored in a new exhibition by Vincent Babia. Babia is a descendant of the Ait Kodal (Crocodile clan) and Samu (Cassowary clan) from Saibai Island and his family is one of many that relocated from Saibai to mainland Australia in the 1940s and 50s. He is a highly regarded sculptor of ceremonial masks, canoes and drums with works represented in the National Gallery of Australia. In this exhibition, Babia traces the stories of Saibai Island culture and the pearl luggers’ journeys from the island to the mainland, through sculptures and related vinyl cut prints. Saibai is located in the northwest region of the Torres Strait, approximately five kilometres from the Papua New Guinea coastline. It is a low-lying island made up of mud flats, swamp

and mangroves, and prone to severe tidal and monsoonal inundation. Following several king tides in the 1940s which caused severe flooding, the community decided to move to safe ground at the tip of Cape York Peninsula which had been identified by Saibai Islander soldiers during the war. The Queensland Government agreed to the relocation in recognition of the significant contribution of Torres Strait Islander communities to the Australian war effort. Two pearl luggers, M.V. Millard and M.V. Macoy, were used to transport the first Saibai Islander families from seven clan groups to abandoned Australian Army Defence Barracks at Muttee Heads, on the lands of the Injinoo people in Cape York. By the 1950s, more than 250 Islanders had relocated to the Cape, and the township of Bamaga in the Northern Peninsula Area was established as a permanent refuge for the people of Saibai.

» ARTIST TALK AND EXHIBITION OPENING EVENT Saturday 27 April 2.00pm

Vincent BABIA Kuki Sagulaw Mawa 2015 mixed media 16 x 92 x 73 cm Gab Titui Cultural Centre Collection Photo: George Serras © National Museum of Australia 21

TRIBUTE

MRS WAAL-WAAL NGALLAMETTA The Gallery is deeply saddened by the recent passing of acclaimed Aboriginal artist, Mrs WaalWaal Ngallametta. In late-2018, and through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, Mrs Ngallametta, who was widely regarded as one of Australia’s most gifted Aboriginal artists, generously donated a major painting to the Permanent Collection of the Cairns Art Gallery. The Mouth of the Kendall River 2 (2015) is an exemplary painting in the style for which the artist was most renowned. The following is an official obituary issued by Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, the artist’s representative, and Guy and Gina Allain, the artist’s managers. Mrs Waal-Waal Ngallametta 10 August 1944 – 28 January 2019 (For cultural reasons, the full name and image of the artist cannot be used).

It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the passing of leading Australian artist Mrs WaalWaal Ngallametta. Mrs Ngallametta died yesterday (28 January) at her Aurukun home, on Country and surrounded by her family, as she had wished.

Born on 10 August, 1944, in the coastal country of the Kugu people around the Kendall River south of Aurukun on the Cape York Peninsula, Mrs Ngallametta (nee Marbunt) was a senior Elder of the Putch clan and a Cultural leader of the Wik and Kugu People of Aurukun. Despite growing up in the harsh reality of the Aurukun Mission dormitory, Mrs Ngallametta maintained close links with her family and was taught traditional weaving and basketry skills by her elders. Developing as a strong culture woman, Mrs Ngallametta first became acknowledged for her weaving mastery and renowned for her dramatic use of natural colours and asymmetrical creations. Many of her woven works, some using traditional materials and others using recycled abandoned driftnets and marine debris, have entered both public and private collections. In 2008, while attending a workshop at the Wik and Kugu Art Centre run by Gina Allain, Mrs Ngallametta began painting. Initially she painted her Country on smaller canvases. However, in 2011, responding to a challenge from Sydney gallerist Martin Browne to make paintings ‘as high as a wall’, and encouraged by Gina and Guy Allain, the Art Centre Manager, she started to work on much larger canvases. It was these

Mrs Waal-Waal NGALLAMETTA The mouth of Kendall River 2 2015 ochres and charcoal with acrylic binder on canvas 271 x 200 cm Gift of the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2018 24

vast and astonishingly detailed paintings that forged Mrs Ngallametta’s reputation as one of Australia’s greatest artists. Always depicting the landscape of her Country, the complex river systems, coastline and wetlands of the western side of the Cape York Peninsula around Aurukun, Mrs Ngallametta’s paintings are distinguished by their multiple perspectives within the one image. Subtle shifts within her paintings have the viewer flying above the landscape in some sections, while in others they are on the ground, in and amongst her Country, its flowers and animals. Distinguishing features of the different seasons - the bushfires that parch the land at the height of the Dry Season and the flowers that bloom in billabongs at its end, the migratory birds that return to Far North Queensland at certain times of year, and the wading birds that populate the Aurukun shoreline – were depicted by Mrs Ngallametta in paintings of cinematic scale. Painted with traditional ochres and clays that Mrs Ngallametta collected and prepared herself, the works are rich in colour and imagery. Always referencing cultural knowledge, Mrs Ngallametta developed a painterly voice that joins an ancestral past with the present, stretching boundaries and blurring the distinction between abstraction, art brut, landscape art and storytelling.

Fluent in her own traditional languages, she managed through her art to communicate her understanding of Country, reaching across cultures to an ever-wider national and international audience Since 2011, Mrs Ngallametta has created a total of 46 monumental paintings. Almost a third of these are in major public collections, surely a record for any Australian artist. In 2013 Mrs Ngallametta won the Telstra General Painting Award, and more recently in 2018 she received the Red Ochre Award, the Australia Council’s distinguished Award for Lifetime Achievement. Fittingly Mrs Ngallametta’s last two paintings were acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art, and the National Gallery of Australia. Mrs Ngallametta will be the subject of a major retrospective at the Queensland Art Gallery from 28 March – 23 August 2020.

Martin Browne Contemporary, Gina and Guy Allain, 29 January 2019

IMAGE RIGHT: Goobalathaldin Dick ROUGHSEY Lardil people Australia 1920 - 85 The Birth of Goobalathaldin 1984 Synthetic polymer paint on board 132 x 100 cm Private collection © Dick Goobalathaldin Roughsey/Copyright Agency, 2018 Photograph: Natasha Harth, QAGOMA

GOOBALATHALDIN DICK ROUGHSEY STORIES OF THIS LAND

CONTINUES AT QAGOMA 30 MARCH - 18 AUGUST 2019 A collaboration between the Cairns Art Gallery and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

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Collecting art is a passion. Whether it is raising funds to acquire major artworks for the Gallery’s Permanent Collection or purchasing works for our personal enjoyment at home, art is what brings meaning to our lives!

Gallery Members enjoy exciting benefits, discounts, social events and networking opportunities all year round.

As the Chair and a member of the Foundation, I am thrilled that the Gallery has embarked on a new program of original works on paper for sale through the Gallery shop. As an exclusive offer to members of the Foundation, from 1 March to 31 May 2019, works from this collection will be discounted by 10%. Works in this collection are by such notable and collectible artists as Cathy Snow, Margaret Henry, Caroline Mudge, Edna Ambrum, and Mornington Island painters, and an illustrated catalogue of the wonderful works for sale is available on the Gallery website. Go on, indulge your passion for art and contact the Gallery Shop today! Lea Ovaska Chair, Cairns Art Gallery Foundation

In the first half of 2019, Members have the opportunity to meet visiting artists and arts professionals, including National Gallery of Australia Director, Nick Mitzevich, iconic Australian fashion designer Linda Jackson, Max Delany, Director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, and Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Recently we have launched an exciting new range of exclusive Shop merchandise that includes specially designed tea towels by nationally acclaimed fashion designer and textile artist, Linda Jackson, and local Torres Strait Islander artist, Segar Passi. From 1 March to 31 May 2019 Members will receive a further 10% discount when they purchase two or more tea towels from this new range. For more information about other member benefits, or to join or renew your membership, please go to www.cairnsartgallery.com.au or visit us at the Gallery during business hours.

Margaret HENRY Potato lily 2018 acrylic on paper 76.5 x 58 cm Collection of the artist

DIARY DATES

MARCH

FREE ART ACTIVITIES Daily until 5 May Full details page 34

KIDS CREATIVE SPACE Daily until 21 April Full details page 34

YOUNG CREATIVES CLUB WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE First club meeting Full details page 33

KIDS ART CLUB WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE Block 1 starts Full details page 33

CREATIVE COMPOSITIONS ACRYLICS - ADULT ART CLASS Classes start Full details page 34 YOGA IN THE GALLERY Classes start Full details page 34

KIDS FINE ART CLASSES @KEWARRA BEACH Classes start Full details page 33

OPENING DAY Elizabeth Hunter, Decadence

9 ARTIST TALK AND EXHIBITION OPENING EVENT 2.00PM Elizabeth Hunter, Decadence 18

BOTANICAL DRAWING AND PAINTING WITH JULIE MCENERNY ADULT ART CLASS Full details page 34

CREATIVE COLOUR COLLAGE ADULT ART WORKSHOP Full details page 34

23|24 SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOP ADULT ART CLASS Full details page 34

APRIL

8-18 SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS Full details pages 31|32 21

FINAL DAY David Hockney, Prints

OPENING DAY Vincent Babia koey buwai mab: Migration from Saibai Island to Cape York

27 ARTIST TALK AND EXHIBITION OPENING EVENT 2.00PM Vincent Babia koey buwai mab: Migration from Saibai Island to Cape York

MAY 5

FINAL DAY Fashioning Black Identity: Africa and the African Diaspora

CREATIVE TODDLERS PROGRAM Classes start Full details page 32

LEVEL 2 WEDNESDAY PROGRAM Classes start Full details page 32

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FINAL DAY Linda Jackson, Tropical Design

LEVEL 1 PROGRAM Classes start Full details page 32

LEVEL 3 THURSDAY PROGRAM Classes start Full details page 33

DRAWING INTENSIVE PROGRAM Classes start Full details page 33 LEVEL 2 SATURDAY PROGRAM Classes start Full details page 32 LEVEL 3 MONDAYS PROGRAM Classes start Full details page 33

OPENING DAY QUEENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LAND: BLAK PORTRAITURE: Late 19th century to the present

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»SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS MONDAY 8 APRIL

TROPICAL DESIGN WITH YIXY RUAN, ARTIST Ages 4 - 7 years* | 10.00 - 11.30am Cost $14 ($17 non-members) OR.

Ages 8 - 12 years | 1.00 - 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Inspired by Linda Jackson’s Tropical Design exhibition, Yixuan Ruan will encourage children to explore tropical motifs and create collages using fabric, paper and various drawing techniques.

TUESDAY 9 APRIL

PEBBLE PAINTING WITH YIXY RUAN, ARTIST Ages 4 - 7 years* | 10.00 - 11.30am Cost $14 ($17 non-members) Inspired by our tropical flora and fauna children will create painted artworks on small stones and rocks. OR

MINIATURE PAINTING WITH YIXY RUAN, ARTIST Ages 8 - 12 years | 1.00 - 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Older children will use fine brushes to paint miniature images of tropical flora and fauna on paper or stone.

WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL

BOOK MAKING WITH PRISCILLA ONG, ARTIST Ages 11 - 15 years | 1.00 - 3.30pm Cost $18 ($22 non-members) Children will learn to make an accordion or diamond-fold book with the option of bringing pictures to the workshop for inclusion in their book, or they can create images and text content during the workshop.

THURSDAY 11 APRIL

BLOCK PRINTING ONTO FABRIC WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ, ARTIST & DISABILITY ARTS’ FACILITATOR Ages 6 - 9 years | 10.00am - 12.00pm Cost $19 ($23 non-members) OR

Ages 10 - 14 years | 1.00 - 3.30pm Cost $21 ($24 non-members) Children will learn how to design, carve and emboss an image into a Balsa wood block, and then create a design for a fabric tote bag using multi-printing techniques.

FRIDAY 12 APRIL

BUSH CREATURES WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ, ARTIST Ages 4 - 7 years | 10.00 - 11.30am Cost $16 ($19 non-members) OR

Ages 8 - 12 years | 1.00 - 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Meiyin Ahnsuz will teach children how to create bush creature sculptures with natural and found materials, incorporating innovative knotting techniques.

MONDAY 15 APRIL

PAINTING WITH ZITA SUDNIKA, ARTIST Ages 7 - 10 years | 10.00 - 11.30am Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Participants will use acrylic paint on canvas board to portray their favourite rainforest creature.

PAINTING WITH ZITA SUDNIKA, ARTIST Ages 11 - 14 years | 1.00 - 3.00pm Cost $18 ($22 non-members)

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Participants will explore more complex anatomical details and proportions of animals to develop realistic animal and bird paintings.

CREATIVE TODDLERS PROGRAM WITH CRYSTAL TRAETTINO-HAMS, TEACHER

MONDAY 15 APRIL

TUESDAY 16 APRIL

BOUNTYFUL EASTER BASKETS WITH PAM KUSABS & MARCIA BIRD, ARTISTS Ages 8 - 12 years | 10.00am - 1.00pm Cost $19 ($24 non-members) Using a mixture of natural plant materials and simple basketry techniques, children will create their very own Easter basket… just in time for Easter egg hunts!

WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL

DRAWING WITH JIM REA, ART TEACHER Ages 9 - 15 years | 10.00am - 2.30pm (with a break) Cost $25 ($29 non-members) Participants will look at and discuss different drawing styles used by internationally acclaimed British artist, David Hockney and apply these to their own creative arts practice. Please note this is a two-part workshop and students should bring lunch and a drink.

THURSDAY 18 APRIL

SCREEN PRINTING WITH JENNY MARTIN, ARTIST Ages 9 - 12 years | 10.00am - 1.00pm Cost $20 ($25 non-members) Learn how to cut stencils and use ink to screen print onto different fabrics. This workshop involves using a scalpel. Participants can choose to print a tea-towel or a tote bag.

2 - 5 years with parent or carer Tuesdays 10.00 - 10.45am Term 2: 7, 14, 21, 28 May, 4, 11 June Cost $70 ($80 non-members)

This program provides an early introduction to the arts and the Gallery for the very young. Children will experience a variety of creative activities relating to the Gallery’s exhibitions.

VISUAL ARTS ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS The Gallery Art School offers visual arts enrichment programs that are designed for school-aged children.

LEVEL 1

5 - 7 years with parent/carer optional Tuesdays 3.45 - 4.45pm Term 2: 7, 14, 21, 28 May, 4, 11 June Cost $75 ($85 non-members) A six-week program designed for early primary school-aged children. Meiyin Ahnsuz will teach children a range of introductory art skills based on the exhibitions on display that will complement what they learn at school.

LEVEL 2

8 - 11 years Wednesdays 3.30 - 5.00pm Term 2: 8, 15, 22, 29 May, 5, 12 June OR

Saturdays 10.30am - 12.00pm Term 2: 11, 18, 25 May, 1, 8, 15 June

»GALLERY ART SCHOOL LEVEL 3

11 - 16 years Mondays: 3.30 - 5.00pm Term 2: 13, 20, 27 May, 3, 10, 17 June OR

Thursdays: 3.30 - 5.00pm Term 2: 9, 16, 23, 30 May, 6, 13 June DRAWING INTENSIVE CLASS For students in grades 5 and 6 Fridays: 3.30 - 5.00pm Term 2: 10, 17, 24, 31 May, 7, 14 June This program focuses on learning a variety of drawing techniques. KIDS FINE ART CLASSES @ KEWARRA BEACH HALL WITH MARIAN WOLFS, ARTIST 8 - 12 years Thursdays: 3.30 – 5.00pm Term 1: 7, 14, 21, 28 March, 4 April Term 2: 9, 16, 23, 30 May, 6, 13, 20 June Cost $200 ($230 non-members)

This outreach program runs over twelve weeks and includes six classes in Term 1 and six classes in Term 2. Some places may still be available to start in Term 2. Please contact us for further information and pricing.

»GALLERY KIDS ART CLUB WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE

8 - 12 years | Saturdays: 10.00am - 12.00pm Block 1: 2 March, 6 April, 4 May Cost per block $24 ($30 non-members) Our special club for children aged 8 – 12 is all about creative experiences and activities with ART as the focus. Kids will enjoy a program designed by artist Hayley Gillespie that will be full of fun and a way for kids to make new creative friends. The two-hour Art Club sessions are held at the Gallery or other inner-city locations. Kids will be introduced to new ways of looking at, talking and thinking about art, craft and design, including fashion, architecture and theatre. In some instances, sessions may involve individual or collective art making, in which case materials will be provided. Parents are asked to take kids to and from pre-arranged locations if required.

»YOUNG CREATIVES CLUB WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE

13 - 17 years | Saturdays 3.30 – 5.30pm 2 March, 6 April, 4 May, 1 June, 3 August, 7 September, 5 October, 2 November, 7 December Cost for 2019 membership $90 ($115 non-members) The Young Creatives come together once a month for a two-hour session. Art related activities and discussions will be facilitated by Hayley Gillespie and follow a program collectively decided on by the Young Creatives themselves. This is a great way to work on and share artistic projects, collaborate and hang out with like-minded students, and learn about contemporary art, design, multi-media, photography and music. Basic art materials are included however a small contribution may be required for specific projects and activities. Sessions are held at the Gallery and occasionally at different locations in Cairns, in which case parents are asked to facilitate transport for their teens.

»KIDS CREATIVE SPACE Families can enjoy free, hands-on activities in the Gallery from now until 21 April 2019 as part of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art’s KIDS ON TOUR Program, which is part of The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art on exhibition at QAGOMA. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult.

»DESIGN ACTIVITY SPACE Be inspired by the bright colours and patterns from the Linda Jackson: Tropical Design exhibition to create your own designs in the Niche Gallery space. Supervision by an accompanying adult is required.

»ADULT ART CLASSES CREATIVE COMPOSITIONS IN ACRYLICS WITH ZITA SUDNIKA, ARTIST & TUTOR MONDAY 4 & 11 March | 5.30 – 7.30pm Cost $70 ($80 non-members) During this 2-week art course participants will learn a technique for developing a creative compositional study in acrylic paint on canvas board. BOTANICAL DRAWING AND PAINTING WITH JULIE MCENERNY, ARTIST MONDAY 18, 25 March, 1, 8, April 5.30 – 7.30pm Cost $120 ($140 non-members)

Julie McEnerny will share her master skills as a botanical painter to develop participants’ ability to represent botanical specimens artistically using watercolour pencils.

»YOGA IN THE GALLERY MONDAYS 4, 11, 18, 25 March, 1, 8, 15 April 5.30 - 6.30pm Cost for a five-class pass $56 ($70 non-members) Conducted in the peaceful setting of the Gallery, participants will be guided through various yoga techniques, including postures, meditation and breathing to improve core strength, mind and body. Our qualified and experienced yoga instructor Jeany Schall will guide the class, offering the highest and latest standards of modern yoga practice.

»ADULT WEEKEND WORKSHOPS SCREEN PRINTING WITH ESTELLE BRIEDIS, PRINTMAKER Two-day workshop Saturday 23 March 1.00 - 5.00pm & Sunday 24 March 10.00am - 2.00pm Cost $95 ($110 non-members) Led by Estelle Brides from Megan Print Studio & Gallery Canberra, participants will be guided through the processes of creating a design that is screen printed using photo-sensitive emulsion. Suitable for beginners and those wanting to explore new techniques. CREATIVE COLOUR COLLAGE WITH LINDA JACKSON, ARTIST & FASHION ICON Saturday 30 March 10.00am - 4.00pm Cost $75 ($85 non-members) Using images and reference points from 1974 - 2007, Linda Jackson will discuss ideas, concepts, and inspirations for her textile works and demonstrate different techniques to take concepts through to collaged works on paper.

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ART FOR YOUR HOME DESIGNED BY LEADING REGIONAL ARTISTS Cairns Art Gallery Shop is home to exclusive, contemporary homewares, jewellery, textiles and art that showcase the best art and design from the region.

Featuring: Marian Wolfs, Mindful Recreations, Neolithic homewares, Cathy Snow

» VISIT US Cnr Abbott & Shields St, Cairns M to F: 9am – 5pm Sat: 10am – 5pm Sun: 10am – 2pm Closed on Public Holidays 07 4046 4800 shop@cairnsartgallery.com.au www.cairnsartgallery.com.au Cairns.Art.Gallery @cairnsartgallery @cairnsgallery CairnsArtGallery GALLERY SPONSORS IMAGE PAGE 18 Russell Drysdale (England; Australia, b.1912, d.1981) Group of Aboriginal people 1953 oil on canvas, 50.8 x 61 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales Purchased 2003 to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation, with assistance from Foundation supporters, including the following major donors: Peter Weiss AM & Doris Weiss, John & Michelle Landerer, The Yeldham family, The Dusseldorp family, in memory of Anna Dusseldorp who owned the painting from 1962-2002, John & Inge Grant, Maurice & Christina Green, Dr & Mrs Hugh Taylor, John & Anne Leece, Geoff & Vicki Ainsworth, Margarete Ainsworth, Paul & Valeria Ainsworth, Mark & Lindy Ainsworth, John & Gail Marshall, Andrew & Michele Michael, Rowena Danziger AM & Ken Coles AM, Isaac & Susan Wakil, Mark & Louise Nelson, Stephen & Nanette Ainsworth, David Gonski AO & Dr Orli Wargon, Len Ainsworth, Russell & Lucinda Aboud, in memory of Hugh Buchanan May, Dr Malcolm Coppleson AO & Patricia Coppleson, John L Sharpe, Lady (Vincent) Fairfax OBE, Elizabeth Ramsden, Jim & Janette Bain, Bret Walker SC, Neville H Grace, Mr & Mrs HT Waller, Leslie & Ginny Green, Michael Gleeson-White © Russell Drysdale Estate Photo: Jenni Carter, AGNSW

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IMAGE PAGE 19 Elizabeth HUNTER Playing for keeps 2018 etching 100 x 50 cm Courtesy of the artist