current exhibition
ALTEALTH ALPEYT - WILDFLOWERS
ARTISTS OF AMPILAWATJA
May - July 2024
The Artists of Ampilatwatja community was formed in 1999. This group is known for their finely detailed work that is often bright in hue, and provides a figurative depiction of their country, rich in plant biodiversity. These artists mostly paint ‘Arreth’ which means ‘strong bush medicine’. Their deep connection to Country is shown in their homage to the significance and use of traditional bush medicine, allowing some insight into how the land has provided for and sustained Alyawarr people for generations.
Images: Bush Medicine Plants - Daisy Kemarre Turner (left) and Bush Flowers - Joyrene Ngwarrye Holmes (right)
The Artists of Ampilatwatja community was formed in 1999. This group is known for their finely detailed work that is often bright in hue, and provides a figurative depiction of their country, rich in plant biodiversity. These artists mostly paint ‘Arreth’ which means ‘strong bush medicine’. Their deep connection to Country is shown in their homage to the significance and use of traditional bush medicine, allowing some insight into how the land has provided for and sustained Alyawarr people for generations.
Images: Bush Medicine Plants - Daisy Kemarre Turner (left) and Bush Flowers - Joyrene Ngwarrye Holmes (right)
Warlukurlangu Artists is a prolific and successful Aboriginal-owned art centre in Central Australia and has work in collections across Australia and internationally. The principle aim of the art centre is to share Warlpiri culture and to increase awareness about Aboriginal culture in general. Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association is the guardian of the Jukurrpa, the law and culture of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerre people living at Yuendumu.
These acrylic paintings, as a collection, are a powerful tool of contemporary artistic expression, demonstrating diverse and collaborative methodology, and the artist’s ability to capture the vitality of Jukurrpa and its essential, vital integration with country. The artists’ Jukurrpa stories are vast in time and space, yet simultaneously acute, personal and immediate.
This exhibition includes exciting work from both emerging and established artists:
Shorty Jangala Robertson
Joy Nangala Brown
Pauline Napangardi Gallagher
Polly Anne Napangardi Dixon
Christine Napanangka Michaels
Phyllis Napurrurla Williams
Sarah Napurrurla White
Pauline Nampijinpa Singleton
Geraldine Napangardi Granites
Magda Nakamarra Curtis
Maisie Nungarrayi Ward
Mary Napangardi Butcher
Steven Jupurrurla Nelson
Chantelle Nampijinpa Robertson
Corinne Nampijinpa Ryan
Christine Nakamarra Curtis
Angelina Nampiijnpa Tasman
Sabrina Nangala Robertson
Daphne Napurrurla White
Serena Nakamarra Shannon
Janelle Napurrurla Wilson
Saraeva Napangardi Marshall
Roxanne Nungarrayi Martin
Athena Nangala Granites
Marlene Napurrurla Ross
Molly Napurrurla Martin
Lorraine Nungarrayi Granites
More information about Warlukurlangu Artists
Hearth Galleries 208 Maroondah Highway Healesville
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Header image: Janganpa Jukurrpa (Brushtailed Possum Dreaming) Stephen Jupurrurla Nelson
Feature image: Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) Evelyn Nangala Robertson
Feature image: Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) Evelyn Nangala Robertson
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