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Colour from the Australian Desert

Past exhibition
30 September - 13 November 2021
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Ms Lilly Hargraves Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah

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Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman
Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman

Biddy Yulngarri Long | Judy Napangardi Martin | Kitty Napanangka Simon | Ms L. Hargraves | Myra Patrick Herbert | Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman | Ursula Napangardi Marks 

 

JGM Gallery presents 24 paintings, all vibrant acrylics on linen or canvas, by seven Aboriginal artists from the Warlpiri people in Australia's central desert region -  some of the most celebrated Aboriginal artists in Australia's Northern Territory. The artists, all women, created their works at the Indigenous-owned art centre in the Lajamanu community, on the edge of the Tanami Desert, halfway between Alice Springs and Darwin.

 

The exhibition coincides with the launch of the UK/Australia Season, organised jointly by the British Council and the Australian Government. The Season explores and celebrates the diversity of cultures and languages in both countries and runs from September 2021 until December 2022.

 

The paintings are rich in free-flowing brushwork, vibrant colours, symbolic shapes, as well as the use of mark making (dots, patterns, lines and textures), which characterises the abstract nature of Aboriginal art. Each painting is a bird's eye view of the artist's ancestral land, or Country, as told in the Dreaming, the Aboriginal stories and beliefs passed down through the generations. Every generation becomes a custodian of their Dreaming, and the artists often sing their Dreaming stories while they paint, as a way of keeping their links with Country alive.

 

The Dreamings featured in the works that make up the Colour From the Australian Desert exhibition depict stories about animals (from flocks of budgerigars to the black-headed python), seeds and plants (used for food and medicinal purposes) and the ceremonies performed by the Warlpiri women. Everything relates to Country. 

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Selected Works
  • Biddy Long Yulngarri, Bush Vine Dreaming - Ngalyipi Jukurrpa Yulngarri, 2019
    Biddy Long Yulngarri, Bush Vine Dreaming - Ngalyipi Jukurrpa Yulngarri, 2019
  • Biddy Long Yulngarri, Purrpalala, 2014
    Biddy Long Yulngarri, Purrpalala, 2014
  • Biddy Long Yulngarri, Women's Dreaming, 2014
    Biddy Long Yulngarri, Women's Dreaming, 2014
  • Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Purpurlarla, 2011
    Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Purpurlarla, 2011
  • Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Purrpalala Dreaming, 2010
    Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Purrpalala Dreaming, 2010
  • Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Snake (Black-headed Python) Dreaming - Warna (Mulyukuna) Jukurrpa (Nungarrayi, Napaljarri-kirlangu), 2010
    Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Snake (Black-headed Python) Dreaming - Warna (Mulyukuna) Jukurrpa (Nungarrayi, Napaljarri-kirlangu), 2010
  • Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Turkey Dreaming , 2013
    Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Turkey Dreaming , 2013
  • Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Women's Dreaming, 2010
    Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Women's Dreaming, 2010
  • Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Women's Dreaming, 2011
    Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Women's Dreaming, 2011
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2012
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2012
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming , 2012
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming , 2012
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2012
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2012
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming , 2010
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming , 2010
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2011
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2011
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2010
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2010
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2011
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2011
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2013
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2013
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming , 2013
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming , 2013
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2014
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming, 2014
  • Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming , 2013
    Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman, Seed Dreaming , 2013
  • Kitty Napanangka Simon, Bush Onion Dreaming - Janmarda Jukurrpa, 2020
    Kitty Napanangka Simon, Bush Onion Dreaming - Janmarda Jukurrpa, 2020
  • Myra Patrick Herbert, Budgerigar Dreaming - Ngatijirri Jukurrpa (duplicate), 2019
    Myra Patrick Herbert, Budgerigar Dreaming - Ngatijirri Jukurrpa (duplicate), 2019
  • Judy Martin, Minamina Dreaming - Minamina Jukurrpa, 2021
    Judy Martin, Minamina Dreaming - Minamina Jukurrpa, 2021
  • Ursula Napangardi Marks, Bush Potato Dreaming - Yarla Jukurrpa, 2021
    Ursula Napangardi Marks, Bush Potato Dreaming - Yarla Jukurrpa, 2021
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