The Revealed Exhibition features works by more than 70 of the best new and emerging WA Aboriginal artists, showcasing the diverse and vibrant state of contemporary Aboriginal art. With paintings, prints, carvings, photography, textiles, video, weaving and more, this generous and enticing exhibition presents the work of artists from remote areas alongside those from regional centres and metropolitan Perth. FAC wishes to acknowledge that the Revealed Exhibition is being held on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Boodja people, of the Noongar Nations.
1 AARTWORKS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, CARNARVON Raymond Edney
8 LAVERTON OUTBACK GALLERY /LLCCA, LAVERTON Roslyn Sullivan
2 AS WE ARE, PERTH Kristen Cameron Vicki Lee Devenish Delores Purdie
9 MANGKAJA ARTS, FITZROY CROSSING Margaret Albert John Nargoodah
3 CHEEDITHA ART GROUP, ROEBOURNE Michael Hicks Kaye Warrie Wendy Warrie
10 MARNIN STUDIO, FITZROY CROSSING Marion Bear Doris Doherty Eileen Forrest April Jones June Smith Ruth Smith Phyllis Waye Nita Williams Deb Yaddah
4 DADAA, PERTH Daniel Roe 5 INDEPENDENT ARTISTS, PERTH METRO Esther McDowell / Yabini Kickett Trevor Pickett Lea Taylor Boyden Woods 6 INDEPENDENT ARTISTS, SOUTH WEST Dellas Bennell Korrine Bennell 7 JULUWARLU ARTISTS’ GROUP, ROEBOURNE Banyji Cheedy Jane Cheedy Lyn Cheedy Judith Coppin Mitchell Tigan
11 MARTUMILI ARTISTS, NEWMAN Biddy Bunawarrie Judith Anya Samson 12 MARUKU ARTS & CRAFTS, ULURU Cynthia Burke Samson Jackson Dallas Smythe 13 MOWANJUM ABORIGINAL ART & CULTURE CENTRE, DERBY Francis Dolby Budgy Cecilia Umbagai Wadjlula
14 NAGULA JARNDU WOMEN’S ART & RESOURCE CENTRE, BROOME Maxine Charlie Mangana Chiguna Lorraine Hunter Leweenah Smith 15 NORTHAMPTON OLD SCHOOL COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, NORTHAMPTON Colleen Drage Mauretta Drage 16 PAPULANKUTJA ARTISTS, BLACKSTONE Angilyiya Mitchell 17 SPINIFEX ARTS PROJECT, TJUNTJUNTJARA Tracey Simms 18 SPINIFEX HILL ARTISTS, PORT HEDLAND Gloria Crystal Gardiner Zenith Gardiner Wendy Nanji 19 TJANPI DESERT WEAVERS, ALICE SPRINGS Loretta Carroll Chriselda Farmer Dianne Golding Denise Jackson Nancy Jackson Winifred Reid
20 TJARLIRLI ART, TJUKURLA Tjukupati James Valmay Nampitjinpa Aaron Pei Pei Lydia Young 21 TJUKURBA ART GALLERY, WILUNA Marcia Ashwin 22 WALKATJURRA CULTURAL CENTRE, LEONORA Ammbigai Muir 23 WARAKURNA & KAYILI ARTISTS, WARAKURNA Cynthia Burke Lillian Golding Clarabelle Kenda Katherine Shepherd 24 WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS, KUNUNURRA Joan Simon 25 WARLAYIRTI BALGO ARTISTS, BALGO Miriam Baadjo Patsy Mudgedell Jimmy & Angie Tchooga 26 WARMUN ART CENTRE, WARMUN April Nulgit 27 YAMAJI ART, GERALDTON Jesse Pickett
The vast state of Western Australia is comprised of the homeland communities and traditional Country of diverse Aboriginal Peoples, whose ancestors have walked these lands for tens of thousands of years. The many tracks and trails trodden by our ancestors have been here since the times of creation. Their journeys and experiences are the first chapters of the epic narrative of this continent we call Australia – they are not chapters bound within a book, but instead they can be witnessed in the plants and animals around us, read in the Country below and around us, and etched within us. In the here and now, many of the stories from those first chapters are shared publically in the form of artwork, which documents and carries forward the enduring relationships and attachment Aboriginal people have to their Country. These works are also enactments of cultures, identities, and our lived and shared experiences. Many of these artworks reveal other chapters of the Aboriginal history of this place, from the times before and during invasion, to the present, and in some cases they consider what the future may look like. In a nation that has often averted, diverted and distracted itself and its people from looking back on our recent colonial history, we Aboriginal peoples have made a point of keeping record through our cultural practices, and our traditions of storytelling. Contemporary Aboriginal art now plays a significant role in sharing our stories, our histories and our realities with global audiences, while simultaneously generating economic opportunity for artists and their communities.
Revealed: New & Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists now held at Fremantle Art Centre and formerly at Gallery Central and the Perth Cultural Centre has played a significant role in showcasing the work of Aboriginal artists and their representative art centres, while also developing new markets and audiences. The Revealed initiative has now been running for ten years and is comprised of a number of different components. The Revealed program includes professional development sessions for artists and arts workers, a curated exhibition showcasing exciting new work, curatorial placements for emerging curators, a forum for artists to share their stories with the public, and an art market which offers the public an opportunity to connect personally with Western Australian Aboriginal art centres, and more recently, with a large number of independent Aboriginal artists. For many people in our state, who don’t frequent the small towns and communities that are home to artists and their art centres, it can be hard to conceptualise what an Aboriginal art centre looks like, or the work they undertake with community. These important spaces, which vary greatly in terms of scale, resources and remoteness, are important community hubs – they support artists, their families and the broader community socially, politically, culturally and financially. A single painting by an artist working from one of these art centres may only take a day or two to paint, but the investment required in supporting this artist, their community and their culture is critical to the artist being able to paint in the first place.
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 5
Over the last decade, the Revealed initiative has showcased not only the artworks that emerge from Aboriginal art centres, but has highlighted how art centres operate. Revealed has offered a behind-the-scenes look at the workings of art centres, highlighting or bringing attention to the time and energy invested in creative projects and the efforts made in maintaining, continuing and revitalising the cultures that inform Aboriginal art practice. In showcasing the work of artists and art centres, Revealed has become an essential platform for building awareness around the Aboriginal art industry, encouraged ethical buying practices and has created new market opportunities in Western Australia. For artists and arts workers, Revealed is a time of coming together, of seeing each other’s work, learning from each other and sharing experiences – a gathering centred around art and culture, where their business as artists, and those whose work supports art-making is celebrated, prioritised and valued. Revealed showcases the immense creative energy of Western Australia’s Aboriginal artists and art centres, while re-centering Aboriginal voices in discussions around art and culture; it honours and pays tribute to the legacy of Aboriginal art and culture; seeks to find solutions to challenges in the here and now; and anticipates what the future of our arts sector looks like. For Aboriginal artists working in Western Australia, Revealed has become a critical platform to share creativity, culture and experience – and in doing so it enables a better understanding, for all, of the rich and complex history of this ancient land and its First Peoples.
Glenn Iseger-Pilkington | Creative Arts Consultant and Member of the Revealed Advisory Group Wadjarri, Nhanda and Nyoongar Peoples
I was delighted to be part of the Revealed Exhibition in 2018. My involvement began when Erin Coates, Revealed Coordinator, invited me to be on the selection panel with Carly Lane and Glenn Iseger-Pilkington. During the selection process we saw innovative work from established communities, such as Patsy Mudgedell’s graphic work alongside the impressive paintings of Jimmy Tchooga and Miriam Baadjo from Warlayirti Artists; and experimental work that was often collaborative, including the glass piece, In the Wind, from the Cheeditha Art Group based in Roebourne; the Dingo Flour bag textile work, Pulku Pulku, by artists from the Marnin Studio in Fitzroy Crossing; and the Message Sticks installation by Colleen and Mauretta Drage from the Northampton Old School Community Initiative. It was a vibrant and engaging ‘snapshot’ of new work that was being created by Aboriginal artists across Western Australia, and one that provided an intriguing sample of work that was to be in the exhibition. I have Glenn and Carly to thank for the selection of excellent work, across a diverse range of media, by artists from 26 communities, as well as independent artists based in towns and metropolitan areas. When it came time to unpack the art that had been delivered to Fremantle Arts Centre, I realised that many artists had chosen to use the colour orange; from the warm, caramel ochre in April Nulgit’s (Warmun Art Centre) Gija & Ngarinyin to Lydia Young’s (Tjarlirli Art) remarkable photograph of dry grass being consumed by flames. Balancing the colour orange in each room became a guiding principle for the curatorial team. Joining me
on the team were three Aboriginal arts workers undertaking professional development as a part of Revealed: Wendy Nanji, a Manjilyjarra/Martu artist from Spinifex Hill Artists in Port Hedland; Ignatius Taylor (Hamzah), a Martu artist from Martumili Artists in Newman; and Noongar woman, Irma Woods, who works in theatre and film in Perth. In addition to the depth of cultural knowledge each brought to the project, as artists, Hamzah and Wendy were sensitive to the placement of art, while Irma’s management skills proved invaluable. The curatorial team began by working with Erin Coates, and Emma Buswell, Installation Coordinator, to unwrap and place works in the galleries. Each arts worker was given the opportunity to finalise groupings of art and then assist with their installation. Irma and Hamzah took on the challenge of arranging the beautifully carved snakes from Maruku Arts which appear to be chasing the Tjanpi Desert Weavers’ woven rabbits. They worked together to create a map of their desired layout, before ensnaring each object with wire and securing it in position. The success of this dramatic installation is testament to their design, and Irma’s determination to be involved at every stage through to completion. Hamzah was also responsible for hanging Joan Simon’s (Waringarri) three berry paintings, before finalising the placement of pieces from Mangkaja Arts. He arranged Margaret Allen’s enamel drawings alongside John Nargoodah’s carved and incised leather items in a display of detailed, worked surfaces that countered the great wall of textiles from Nagula Jarndu Designs.
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 7
Wendy turned her colour sense and her observational skills to hanging work by As We Are artists Delores Purdie, Vicki Lee Devenish and Kirsten Cameron. She balanced their loose brushwork and luminous colours to create a cluster of works on paper, canvas and silk that read beautifully against the power of Martumili’s Judith Anya Samson’s two paintings Yurl Yurl and Emu Tracks to Puntawarri, and the impressive, acrylic painting by Gloria (Wendy’s artistic colleague from Spinifex Arts). Wendy also determined the final placement of her own three portraits. The arts workers gained much from the professional guidance of FAC installation staff, and it was a pleasure to work with such a great team. Revealed 2018 is a survey of remarkable new work from emerging Aboriginal artists. I believe that the strength of these works lies in the confidence of each artist: they are sure of who they are, and what it is they wish to communicate. While visual forms are just one aspect of cultural knowledge, this exhibition is replete with engaging and potent statements relating to place and identity. I thank the artists for their generosity in offering audiences the chance to engage with such powerful expressions of culture. Lee Kinsella | Co-curator of Revealed
AARTWORKS Development Program, Carnarvon Raymond Edney Ingarda, 2016 watercolour and acrylic on paper 53 x 73cm Burringarrah Wandirri, 2016 watercolour and acrylic on paper 53 x 73cm Mudutharra Summer Rain, 2017 watercolour and acrylic on paper 29 x 37cm Mudutharra Sunset, 2017 watercolour and acrylic on paper 29 x 37cm
AS WE ARE, Perth Kristen Cameron Untitled, 2017 oil pastel and ink on paper 38 x 46cm Untitled, 2017 oil pastel and ink on paper 40 x 45cm
Image: Dellas Bennell, Birak from the Sky, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 61cm
Untitled, 2017 oil pastel and ink on paper 45 x 45cm Untitled, 2017 oil pastel and ink on paper 48 x 58cm
Dolores Purdie
Independent Artists
Untitled, 2017 ink on paper 46 x 58cm
Dellas Bennell, Bunbury
Vicki Lee Devenish
Untitled, 2017 ink on paper 46 x 58cm
Water Ring, 2018 acrylic on canvas 91 x 75cm
Untitled, 2017 ink on canvas 50 x 85cm
Untitled, 2017 acrylic on canvas 21 x 31cm
Untitled, 2017 ink on canvas 50 x 85cm
Untitled, 2017 pastel and acrylic on paper 41 x 49cm
Untitled, 2018 dye on silk 160 x 40cm
Untitled, 2017 watercolour and acrylic on silk 54 x 60cm
Cheeditha Art Group, Roebourne
Untitled, 2017 soft pastel on paper 54 x 60cm
Wendy Warrie, Kaye & Michael Hicks
Under the Sea, 2018 acrylic on paper 50 x 62cm
In the Wind, 2018 glass and wood 100 x 80 x 20cm
DADAA, Perth Daniel Roe Sandfire, 2018 acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cm
My Blue Sea Turtle, 2018 acrylic on canvas 61 x 91cm Birak from the Sky, 2017 acrylic on canvas 76 x 61cm Rivers of the South West, 2018 acrylic on canvas 76 x 101cm Korrine Bennell, Bunbury Warrior Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 2018 acrylic and charcoal on canvas 51 x 76cm The Maidens, 2016 acrylic on canvas 110 x 90cm Birak Yorga, 2018 acrylic and charcoal on canvas 101 x 76cm Esther McDowell / Yabini Kickett, Perth Spirit Walker, 2018 acrylic on canvas 46 x 36cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 9
Banksia Kara, 2018 acrylic on canvas 36 x 36cm Yonga, 2018 kangaroo skin, bone, ochre, embroidery, linen, opal 57 x 40 x 7cm Trevor Pickett, Perth Bodd River Fog, 2018 photographic print mounted on aluminium edition 1/5 21 x 30cm John Forrest Tunnel, 2018 photographic print mounted on aluminium edition 1/5 21 x 30cm Lesmurdie Falls, 2018 photographic print mounted on aluminium edition 1/5 42 x 30cm Lea Taylor, Perth Wadandi Karl, 2018 natural and hand-dyed raffia 10 x 32 x 32cm Ngangk Wardarn Balyoongar (Sun, Sea, Sand), 2018 natural and hand-dyed raffia 15 x 50 x 50cm
Boyden Woods, Perth
Jane Cheedy
Moonlight Dreaming, 2018 acrylic on canvas 75 x 100cm
When We Speak Yindjibarndi, 2018 muslin and acrylic on canvas with audio component 32 x 50cm
Home Away from Home, 2018 acrylic on canvas 40 x 60cm
Lyn Cheedy
Peace Within the Mind, 2017 acrylic on canvas 60 x 65cm
Emergence: Jilarngu, 2017 acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cm
Untitled, 2018 acrylic on canvas 75 x 100cm
Bawaa: water flows on our Ngurra, 2017 acrylic on canvas 85 x 92cm
Juluwarlu Artists’ Group, Roebourne Banyji Cheedy Yinda Reflection: Yindjibarndi Night Sky, 2017 embroidery and acrylic on canvas 100 x 150cm Ngurra Warndurala Bulygarri: Our Country is Alive, 2017 acrylic and plaster on board 60 x 90cm Warjurra: We Women Know Plants, 2017 acrylic on carved wooden board 60 x 60cm
Image: Lyn Cheedy, Bawaa: water flows on our Ngurra, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 85 x 92cm
Laverton Outback Gallery/LLCCA, Laverton Roslyn Sullivan Landscape, 2016 acrylic on canvas 60 x 109cm
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing Margaret Albert
Judith Coppin
Turtles Feeding on Jellyfish, 2017 drawing into enamel on tin 30 x 30cm
Munkatja and the Rain, 2017 acrylic paint and plaster on board 60 x 60cm
Saltwater Meets Freshwater, 2017 drawing into enamel on tin 60 x 50cm
Our Grandmothers were Weavers, 2017 acrylic paint and plaster on board 60 x 60cm
Stingray Totem, 2017 drawing into enamel on tin 30 x 30cm
Mitchell Tigan Turtles and the Half Moon, 2017 acrylic paint and plaster on board 60 x 60cm
Fishing for Sawfish, 2018 drawing into enamel on tin 60 x 50cm John Nargoodah Willy Wagtail, 2018 paint and carving on leather 30 x 30cm
Honey Eater, 2017 paint and carving on leather 40 x 40cm Breast Plate, 2018 leather 18 x 10cm Leather Neckpiece, 2018 leather 11 x 4cm Leather Neckpiece, 2018 leather 11 x 4cm Leather Earrings, 2018 leather 9 x 3cm Leather Earrings, 2018 leather 11 x 3cm Leather Earrings, 2018 leather 7 x 7cm Leather Earrings, 2018 leather 11 x 4cm Kingfisher, 2018 leather 29 x 35cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 11
Marnin Studio, Fitzroy Crossing Marion Bear, Doris Doherty, Eileen Forest, April Jones, June Smith, Ruth Smith, Phyllis Waye, Nita Williams, Deborah Yaddah Pulku Pulku, 2018 calico Dingo Flour bags, hessian, silk, local plant dyes 265 x 122cm
Martumili Artists, Newman Biddy Bunawarrie Untitled, 2017 acrylic on canvas 61 x 91cm Untitled, 2017 acrylic on canvas 61 x 91cm Judith Anya Samson Yurl Yurl, 2017 acrylic on linen 122 x 76cm Emu Tracks to Puntawarri Rockhole, 2017 acrylic on linen 122 x 76cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 13
Maruku Arts & Crafts, Uluru
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 100 x 15 x 17cm
Cynthia Burke
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 80 x 23 x 9cm
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 51 x 11 x 10cm Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 47 x 10 x 12cm
Desert Snake, 2018 muur-muurpa (blood wood) 62 x 11 x 12cm Samson Jackson
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 49 x 9 x 6cm
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 150 x 38 x 240cm
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 52 x 15 x 9cm
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 82 x 8 x 10cm
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 58 x 11 x 8cm
Dallas Smythe
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 61 x 9 x 6cm Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 74 x 9 x 25cm Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 88 x 13 x 9cm Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 81 x 26 x 16cm
Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 111 x 13 x 22cm Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 115 x 19 x 16cm Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 115 x 16 x 28cm Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 53 x 17 x 6cm Desert Snake, 2018 itara (red river gum) 38 x 7 x 5cm
Mowanjum Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre, Derby
Goiyoiya Goiyoiya (Crocodile), 2018 ochre on stretched canvas 80 x 60cm
Francis Dolby Budgy
Mangaadee (Bush Food) and Wandjina, 2018 ochre on stretched canvas 45 x 45cm
Wandjina and Dumbi (cloud and rain spirits and barn owls), 2017 acrylic on stretched canvas 70 x 70cm Wandjina the Rainmaker, 2016 acrylic on stretched canvas 70 x 45cm Wandjina the Rainmaker, 2016 acrylic on stretched canvas 100 x 60cm Gyorn Gyorn and Ungud (Bradshaws and Totem), 2015 acrylic on stretched canvas 80 x 80cm Rimmijbudda, 2015 woodblock print 30 x 20cm Boab Nut Carving, 2018 carved boab nut 8 x 17cm Cecilia Umbagai Wadjlula Wandjina the Rainmaker, 2017 acrylic on stretched canvas 60 x 60cm
Sugar Glider and Wandjina, 2018 ochre on stretched canvas 45 x 45cm Wandjina the Rainmaker, 2018 ochre on stretched canvas 45 x 45cm
Nagula Jarndu Women’s Art & Resource Centre, Broome Maxine Charlie Crocodile, 2017 block print on silk 200 x 137cm Wattle Seed Pod, 2017 block print on cotton 300 x 110cm Jinjalguriny – Red Seed (Crab’s Eye Bean), 2018 block print on cotton 300 x 108cm
Didnyjinygee (Dragonfly), 2018 ochre on stretched canvas 80 x 60cm
Image: Biddy Bunawarrie, Untitled, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 91cm
Mangroves – Night, 2018 digital screen print on silk 300 x 137cm Mangroves – Day, 2018 digital screen print on linen 300 x 136cm Crocodile, 2017 digital screen print on black linen 300 x 136cm
Northampton Old School Community Initiative, Northampton Colleen Drage & Mauretta Drage
Spinifex Hill Artists, Port Hedland Gloria Untitled, 2017 acrylic on linen 152 x 182cm
Susan Mangana Chiguna
Message Sticks, 2013 300 carved eucalyptus message sticks dimensions variable
Bush Food, 2016 Digital screen print on linen 300 x 137cm
Papulankutja Artists, Blackstone
Zenith Gardiner
Bush Food, 2016 Digital screen print on silk 300 x 136cm
Angilyiya Mitchell
Liveringa Billabong, 2017 acrylic on canvas 41 x 71cm
Lorraine Hunter Nyilli Nyilli, 2018 block print on linen 154 x 133cm Hibiscus, 2016 block print on cotton 212 x 147cm Leeweenah Smith Jalanardi (Goanna), 2018 block print on linen 220 x 132cm Jalanardi (Goanna), 2018 block print on linen 120 x 108cm
Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters), 2016 acrylic on canvas 151 x 213cm
Spinifex Arts Project, Tjuntjuntjara
Crystal Gardiner LOOMA HILL, 2017 stop frame sand animation 1 minute 39 seconds
Encounter, 2017 acrylic on canvas 49 x 74cm Wendy Nanji
Tracey Simms
Nyaparu Gardiner, 2017 copic marker on Arches paper 37 x 24.5cm
Minyma Kutjara, 2017 acrylic on canvas 75 x 60cm
Thinking Hard, 2017 copic marker on Arches paper 37 x 24.5cm
Minyma Kutjara, 2017 acrylic on canvas 110 x 85cm
Where’s My Horse?, 2017 copic marker on Arches paper 37 x 24.5cm
Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Alice Springs Loretta Carroll Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 23 x 14 x 50cm Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 62 x 24 x 21cm Chriselda Farmer Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 49 x 14 x 22cm Dianne Golding Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 45 x 14 x 26cm Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 37 x 19 x 18cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 15
Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 48 x 19 x 18cm
Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 48 x 10 x 24cm
Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 44 x 19 x 17cm
Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 35 x 10 x 14cm
Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 23 x 14 x 45cm
Nancy Jackson
Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 21 x 18 x 14cm Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 26 x 13 x 44cm
Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 27 x 15 x 46cm Winifred Reid Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 45 x 8 x 18cm
Denise Jackson Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit), 2018 tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia 40 x 16 x 16cm Image: Desert Snakes from Maruku Arts & Crafts artists, 2018, itara (red river gum), dimensions variable. Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit) from Tjanpi Desert Weavers artists, 2018, tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia, dimensions variable. Angilyiya Mitchell, Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters), 2016, acrylic on canvas, 151 x 213cm
Tjarlirli Art, Tjukurla Tjukupati James Kunga Kutjara, 2018 acrylic on cotton canvas 122 x 147cm Aaron Pei-Pei Docker River Camels, 2017 acrylic on cotton canvas 122 x 91cm Lydia Young Untitled, 2017 photographic print on paper 53 x 73cm Untitled, 2017 photographic print on paper 53 x 73cm Untitled, 2017 photographic print on paper 53 x 73cm Valmayi Napitjinpa Karrkurinkintja, 2017 acrylic on cotton canvas 91 x 122cm
Tjukurba Art Gallery, Wiluna Marcia Ashwin Porcupine Dreaming, 2015 acrylic on canvas 45 x 45cm Porcupine Dreaming, 2015 acrylic on canvas 45 x 45cm
Walkatjurra Cultural Centre, Leonora Ammbigai Muir Seven Sisters Rockhole, 2018 seven ceramic bowls 21 x 21 x 4cm each
Warakurna & Kayili Artists, Warakurna Cynthia Burke Tjurlpu, 2018 recycled tin, acrylic paint 15 x 26cm Tjurlpu, 2018 recycled tin, acrylic paint 6 x 17 x 20cm
Image: Cynthia Burke, Tjurlpu, Tjurlpu and Tjurlpu, 2018, recycled tin, acrylic paint, dimensions variable. Cynthia Burke, Desert Snake, 2018, muurmuurpa (blood wood), 62 x 11 x 12cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 17
Patsy Mudgedell
Tjurlpu, 2018 recycled tin, acrylic paint 11 x 26 x 17cm
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra
Tjurlpu, 2018 recycled tin, acrylic paint 17 x 12 x 5cm
Joan Simon
Raining Dogs 2, 2018 acrylic and texta on canvas 150 x 75cm
Bush Berries, 2017 natural pigment on canvas 45 x 45cm
Raining Dogs 1, 2018 acrylic and texta on linen 120 x 80cm
Bush Berries, 2017 natural pigment on canvas 60 x 60cm
Dogs on Edge, 2018 gouache, texta and fineliner on paper 50 x 61cm
Lillian Golding Walu Rockhole Dreaming, Emu Heart, The Boy Who Turned Into Wind, 2017 acrylic on canvas 76 x 102cm
Konkerberry, 2017 natural pigment on canvas 60 x 60cm
Walu Rockhole Dreaming, Emu Heart, The Boy Who Turned Into Wind, 2017 acrylic on canvas 38 x 102cm
Warlayirti Balgo Artists, Balgo
Clarabelle Kenda (Ward)
Miriam Baadjo
Storm over Patjarr, 2017 acrylic on canvas 72 x 152cm
Tjatjati, 2017 acrylic on linen 45 x 100cm
Katherine Shepherd
Tjatjati, 2017 acrylic on canvas 150 x 75cm
A Young Warakurna Family, 2017 acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cm Warakurna Schoolboys, 2017 acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cm
Jimmy Tchooga Tjukakarrinyu, 2018 acrylic on canvas 75 x 150cm Tjukakarrinyu, 2017 acrylic on canvas 150 x 75cm
Happy Dogs, 2018 gouache, texta and fineliner on paper 48 x 57cm
Warmun Art Centre, Warmun April Nulgit Badel (Red Ochre), 2018 natural ochre and pigments on canvas 80 x 60cm Ngarrgaroon, 2018 natural ochre and pigments on canvas 60 x 45cm Gija and Ngarinyin, 2018 natural ochre and pigments on canvas 100 x 100cm
Yamaji Art, Geraldton Jesse Pickett The Man that always Smiles, 2018 acrylic on cotton canvas 125 x 107cm
Image above: Lillian Golding, Walu Rockhole Dreaming, Emu Heart, The Boy Who Turned Into Wind, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 38 x 102cm Image opposite: Printed textiles from Nagula Jarndu Women’s Art & Resource Centre, dimensions and materials variable. See pages 13-14 for full artwork details
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 21
Image above: Paintings by Francis Dolby Budgy and Cecilia Umbagai Wadjlula from Mowanjum Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre, dimensions variable. See page 13 for full artwork details Image opposite: Esther McDowell / Yabini Kickett, Banksia Kara, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36cm
Image above: Lydia Young, Untitled, 2017, photographic print on paper, 53 x 73cm Image opposite: Colleen Drage & Mauretta Drage, Message Sticks, 2013, 300 carved eucalyptus message sticks, dimensions variable
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 23
Image above: Judith Anya Samson, Yurl Yurl and Emu Tracks to Puntawarri Rockhole, 2017, acrylic on linen, 122 x 76cm Image opposite: Miriam Baadjo, Tjatjati, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 75cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 25
Image above: Marion Bear, Doris Doherty, Eileen Forest, April Jones, June Smith, Ruth Smith, Phyllis Waye, Nita Williams, Deborah Yaddah, Pulku Pulku, 2018, calico Dingo Flour bags, hessian, silk, local plant dyes, 265 x 122cm Image opposite: Margaret Albert, Turtles Feeding on Jellyfish, 2017, drawing into enamel on tin, 30 x 30cm
Image above: Clarabelle Kenda (Ward), Storm over Patjarr, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 152cm Image opposite: Dellas Bennell, My Blue Sea Turtle, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 91cm. Tracey Simms, Minyma Kutjara, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 60cm. Biddy Bunawarrie, Untitled, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 91cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 29
Image above: April Nulgit, Badel (Red Ochre), 2018, natural ochre and pigments on canvas, 80 x 60cm. April Nulgit, Ngarrgaroon, 2018, natural ochre and pigments on canvas, 60 x 45cm Image opposite: John Nargoodah, Honey Eater, 2017, paint and carving on leather, 40 x 40cm
Image above: Pinytjatjaarn (pa) Raapita (rabbit) from Tjanpi Desert Weavers artists, 2018, tjanpi (wild harvested grass), wool and raffia, dimensions variable. See page 14-15 for full artwork details Image opposite: Boyden Woods, Home Away from Home, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60cm. Peace Within the Mind, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 65cm. Moonlight Dreaming, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 100cm. Untitled, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 100cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 33
Image abvoe: Banyji Cheedy, Yinda Reflection: Yindjibarndi Night Sky, 2017, embroidery, and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150cm Image opposite: Marcia Ashwin, Porcupine Dreaming, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 45 x 45cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 35
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 37
Image above: Aaron Pei-Pei, Docker River Camels, 2017, acrylic on cotton canvas, 122 x 91cm Image opposite: Joan Simon, Bush Berries, 2017, natural pigment on canvas, 45 x 45cm
Image above: Ammbigai Muir, Seven Sisters Rockhole, 2018, seven ceramic bowls, 21 x 21 x 4cm each Image opposite: Jane Cheedy, When We Speak, Yindjibarndi, 2018, muslin and acrylic on canvas with audio component, 32 x 50cm. Banyji Cheedy, Warjurra: We Women Know Plants, 2017, acrylic on carved wooden board, 60 x 60cm. Judith Coppin, Munkatja and the Rain, 2017, acrylic paint and plaster on board, 60 x 60cm. Lyn Cheedy, Bawaa: water flows on our Ngurra, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 85 x 92cm. Lyn Cheedy, Emergence: Jilarngu, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76cm. Mitchell Tigan, Turtles and the Half Moon, 2017, acrylic paint and plaster on board, 60 x 60cm. Judith Coppin, Our Grandmothers were Weavers, 2017, acrylic paint and plaster on board, 60 x 60cm Image page 40: Katherine Shepherd, A Young Warakurna Family, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76cm
REVEALED 2018 | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE | 39
Erin Coates | Revealed Coordinator, Fremantle Arts Centre Emma Buswell | Revealed Exhibition Install Coordinator, Fremantle Arts Centre Revealed Curatorial Team: Lee Kinsella | Independent Curator Wendy Nanji | Revealed Professional Development Aboriginal Arts Worker Ignatius Hamzah Taylor | Revealed Professional Development Aboriginal Arts Worker Irma Woods | Revealed Professional Development Aboriginal Arts Worker Revealed Selection Panel: Glenn Iseger Pilkington | Independent Curator and Consultant Carly Lane | Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia Lee Kinsella | Independent Curator
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, in particular Director General, Duncan Ord and Roz Lipscombe. Tim Acker and Glenn Iseger-Pilkington for their participation in the professional development and public programs. Revealed Industry Advisory Group Sharyn Egan | Noongar Artist Ron Bradfield | Operation Manager, Urban Indigenous Glenn Iseger-Pilkington | Independent Curator and Consultant Jessica Wyld | Photographer
Fremantle Arts Centre Staff Marcus Dickson | Acting Director Deb Haslam | Learning Coordinator Andrew Clark | Events Coordinator Sheridan Coleman | Revealed Assistant Andrea Woods | Communications Manager Liz Walker | Communications Assistant Sofia Antonas | Graphic Designer