Images of Indigenous Australia
Exhibition: Listen to the Land
Edith Cowan University in Perth is the home of a substantial Aboriginal art collection, the exhibition Listen to the Land brings together for the first time more than 100 paintings, prints, bark paintings, carvings, sculpture, artefacts and textiles from the University's Aboriginal Art Collection.
The collection is funded by ECU's Curatorial Services and Kurongkurl Katitjin, School of Indigenous Australian Studies. Guest curator Annette Davis worked with Karen Mallard from Kurongkurl Katitjin in the development of the interpretative support material for the exhibition.
These traditional and contemporary items demonstrate the range of styles from more than 20 locations, including the Kimberley, the South-west, the Central Desert, Arnhem Land, Melville and Bathurst Islands, and the cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
Aboriginal art has always changed and adapted over time and will continue to do so. Different communities have developed particular styles influenced by the natural resources around them, by people with whom they have come in contact, and by the art materials and techniques which became available to them.
Listen to the Land brings together some of the fascinating styles of Aboriginal art. The exciting diversity and quality of the works in this exhibition are a powerful statement of the richness and strength of Aboriginal culture in Australia today.
For more infomation contact: Curator: Connie Petrillo, Edith Cowan University Art Collection, ph: 9370 6626
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Wandjina Figure |
Untitled Carving |
Insider: Yellow Fella |
Artist: Unknown Details: ochre, clay, gum on bark Date: Unknown Purchased: 1982 |
Artist: Unknown Details: acrylic and ochres on wood Date: Unknown Purchased: 1992 |
Artist: Julie DOWLING Details: acrylic, red ochre and blood on canvas Date: 1996 Purchased: 1996 |
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Rock Country on Texas Downs |
Antiti, Near Five Mile |
Ninteramangy |
| Artist: Rover THOMAS Details: bush gum and ochre on canvas Date: 1988 Purchased: 1996 |
Artist: Daisy NAPALTJARRI Details: acrylic on linen Date: 1998 Purchased: 1998 |
Artist: Queenie McKENZIE Details: natural pigments and bush gum on board Date: 1995 Purchased: 1996 |
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Being at the Rockhole in Springtime |
Noongar Dolls |
Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming |
| Artist: Pantjiti Mary McLEAN Details: acrylic on canvas Date: 1997 Purchased: Unknown |
Artist: Lesley RILEY and |
Artist: Kathleen PETYARRE Details: acrylic on linen Date: 1997 Purchased: 1998 |
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