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10/1/2003

True Stories

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Art of the East Kimberley

An exhibition of Aboriginal art from the East Kimberley region of Western Australia featuring 80 paintings, sculptures and works on paper from circa 1976 to the present.

In the image: 'Untitled', paddy Bredford, 1999.

The exhibition will be on view at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from Saturday 11 January until Sunday 27 April 2003.

Highlighting the work of over twenty East Kimberley artists, the exhibition features significant works by pioneering artists including Rover Thomas, Paddy Jaminji, George Mung Mung, Queenie McKenzie, Jack Britten and their contemporaries, Hector Jandany, Rusty Peters, Paddy Bedford and Madigan Thomas, who continue to be the driving force of this distinctive Australian art movement.

>From the resinous earthy surfaces of the early 1980s boards to the brightly coloured ochres found in paintings of the present day, East Kimberley art continues to enthral with its symbiotic expression of past and present. While the works are strikingly contemporary in their execution, the artists continue to be inspired, as Paddy Bedford says, by the "true stories … from the olden days".

"East Kimberley paintings operate on many levels underscored by the ancestral stories - the 'true stories' - that explain the creation of the landscape, such as the scattering of the giant barramundi's scales that became the Argyle diamonds. Intertwined with these stories are the layers of recent history - the massacres and dispersals of Aboriginal people, the pastoral era and mining exploration of their land.

References to the past and present are often juxtaposed on the painted surface. In these works the ancient topography becomes synchronous with the landmarks of today where, for instance, an artist may depict the Great Northern Highway cutting a swathe through their homelands," Hetti Perkins, Curator Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales

True Stories reveals the connections and influences that exist between artists and communities. The Art Gallery of New South Wales has sought guidance and permission from the artists and elders of the East Kimberley and has worked collaboratively with the Warmun Arts Centre in Turkey Creek, Jirrawun Arts of Juwurlinji/Kununurra, Waringarri Arts and Red Rock Art, both of Kununurra. A short film created in collaboration with the artists especially for the exhibition, presents the stories behind the paintings through interviews with the artists and visits to their country.

On View
Saturday 11 January to Sunday 27 April 2003
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road
The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Telephone
61 2 9225 1744 or recorded information 61 2 9225 1790
National Toll Free 1800 679 278

Hours
10am to 5pm 7 days a week
Art After Hours open Wednesday nights until 9pm
(closed Christmas Day and Easter Friday)

Admission
Free of charge

EXHIBITION EVENTS
GALLERY FLOOR TALK - Wednesdays at 1.30pm (free of charge)

Wednesday 15 January
Dr. Eric Kjellgren, Assistant Curator for Oceanic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Wednesday 22 January
Tony Oliver, Director, Jirrawun Aboriginal Arts Corporation, Juwulinji/Kununurra

Wednesday 5 February
Ken Watson, Assistant Curator, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art

Wednesday 26 February
Jonathan Jones, Co-ordinator, Aboriginal Programmes, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Wednesday 5 March
Nick Waterlow, Director, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

Wednesday 26 March
Wally Caruana, Curator/Art Consultant specialising in Aboriginal art

Wednesday 9 April
Hetti Perkins, Curator, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Wednesday 23 April
Ace Bourke, Aboriginal Art Consultant, Shapiro Auctioneers

FREE GUIDED TOURS
Monday – Friday 11am

FREE PERFORMANCE
Tuesday – Saturday 12 noon
An exciting mix of traditional and contemporary performance.

FREE FILMS 2.30pm
Wednesdays and Sundays Domain Theatre Lower Level 3
26 February – 23 March
A selection of films that portray the diversity of the country and culture of the Kimberley region, including documentaries and feature films.

SPECIAL EVENTS
OUR TRUE STORIES SYMPOSIUM
Saturday 11 January
10am – 5pm
Lunch, morning and afternoon tea included
Artists and academics offer a comprehensive insight to the historical and contemporary context of Aboriginal art of the East Kimberley. Through a stimulating mix of artist talks, discussions and lectures the programme will address the development of the art movement, the educative role of art in the community and the legacy of senior artists. Chaired by Hetti Perkins, Curator of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art
$80 full $70 AGS $50 conc.
Bookings essential
(02) 9225 1878

MEDIA INFORMATION ONLY: Jan Batten, Telephone 61 2 9225 1791 or 0418 279 348

Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, Sydney

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