previous Exhibitions
KAREN MILLS - THE ALLUVIAL PLAIN
Alcaston Gallery is very proud to present important new paintings by Karen Mills. The new body of paintings forms part of an ongoing series by Karen Mills that began with a bush trip in 2013, assisted by Waringarri Arts, WA in which the artist accompanied Kittey Malarvie to visit her country at Sturt Creek Station.
The ethereal paintings illustrate the artist's observations of this landscape, and the rich history of Indigenous culture pre-colonisation, often hidden beneath layers of sediment formed over thousands of years. The use of clay adds a provocative dimension to Mills’ paintings.
“I see my paintings as lyrical landscapes of memory.
The inspiration for this work is the desert landscape of Sturt Creek, a major creek system in the East Kimberley that flows into Paruku (Lake Gregory), on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert.
When I was out on Country at Sturt Creek Station, I thought deeply about the Old People and the never ending presence of Aboriginal culture and history that survives in the Land. The sight of stone flakes scattered on the ground, exposed in the open, was clear evidence that Aboriginal people had lived there enjoying the abundance of the creek for a very long time.
All the work is made with natural pigments. I like the simplicity of making my own paint with dry pigments, water and a binder. One of the pigments is a white ochre from Darwin and is the unbleached, sandy colour that can be seen in the work.”
-Karen Mills, 2014
We are pleased to welcome Brenda Croft, former Senior Curator of Indigenous Art at National Gallery of Australia & Art Gallery of Western Australia, now Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Experimental Arts, UNSW Art & Design, Sydney to open Karen's new exhibition and speak of the artistic development in her oeuvre to date.
Karen Mills' artwork has been featured in exhibitions nationally and internationally, and is held in private collections around the world.
- Beverly Knight, 2014
For more information and to preview this exhibition please contact Alcaston Gallery on 03 9418 6444 or email art@alcastongallery.com.au
Alcaston Gallery is very proud to present important new paintings by Karen Mills. The new body of paintings forms part of an ongoing series by Karen Mills that began with a bush trip in 2013, assisted by Waringarri Arts, WA in which the artist accompanied Kittey Malarvie to visit her country at Sturt Creek Station.
The ethereal paintings illustrate the artist's observations of this landscape, and the rich history of Indigenous culture pre-colonisation, often hidden beneath layers of sediment formed over thousands of years. The use of clay adds a provocative dimension to Mills’ paintings.
“I see my paintings as lyrical landscapes of memory.
The inspiration for this work is the desert landscape of Sturt Creek, a major creek system in the East Kimberley that flows into Paruku (Lake Gregory), on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert.
When I was out on Country at Sturt Creek Station, I thought deeply about the Old People and the never ending presence of Aboriginal culture and history that survives in the Land. The sight of stone flakes scattered on the ground, exposed in the open, was clear evidence that Aboriginal people had lived there enjoying the abundance of the creek for a very long time.
All the work is made with natural pigments. I like the simplicity of making my own paint with dry pigments, water and a binder. One of the pigments is a white ochre from Darwin and is the unbleached, sandy colour that can be seen in the work.”
-Karen Mills, 2014
We are pleased to welcome Brenda Croft, former Senior Curator of Indigenous Art at National Gallery of Australia & Art Gallery of Western Australia, now Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Experimental Arts, UNSW Art & Design, Sydney to open Karen's new exhibition and speak of the artistic development in her oeuvre to date.
Karen Mills' artwork has been featured in exhibitions nationally and internationally, and is held in private collections around the world.
- Beverly Knight, 2014
For more information and to preview this exhibition please contact Alcaston Gallery on 03 9418 6444 or email art@alcastongallery.com.au
BARKLY ARTISTS | Aileen Napaljarri Long • Ada Pula Beasley • Jessie Kemarr Peterson • Rita Kemarr Beasley
Alcaston Gallery introduces four artists from the Barkly Region in the Northern Territory, Aileen Napaljarri Long, Ada Pula Beasley, Jessie Kemarr Peterson and Rita Kemarr Beasley, whose entirely distinctive yet ...
Pedro Wonaeamirri • Ngiya Purrungbarri – My Bark Painting
Alcaston Gallery is honoured to present Pedro Wonaeamirri's exhibition Ngiya Purrungbarri – My Bark Painting, the first exclusively bark exhibition of Wonaeamirri's career.
As one of the few Tiwi people of his generation who speaks old or classic Tiwi, Wonaeamirri’s contemporary art practice is steeped in Tiwi tradition. His commanding paintings on bark reveal a profound knowledge of heritage, meticulously depicting the Jilamara (design) with artistic confidence and an exceptional sense of ...
Nellie Ngampa Coulthard •Ngura Itjanungka – Country After Rain
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present Nellie Ngampa Coulthard’s fifth solo exhibition Ngura Itjanungka - Country After Rain.
Coulthard’s paintings of Yankunytjatjara Country are refined in both technique and composition. Accenting bold pinks, golden browns and burnt oranges - the colours of the central and eastern deserts of Australia – her paintings are defined by the outstretched linear branches of the Acacia Murrayana Wattle that sit at the heart of her ...
Sydney Contemporary 2024
At Sydney Contemporary 2024, Alcaston Gallery is proud to present a curated selection of significant work by leading Australian contemporary artists whose practice inspires and challenges the national and international perception of the Australian landscape, Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu, Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Dean Smith and the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924 - 2015) - four artists intrinsically connected to a particular landscape or skyscape ...
ALCASTON GALLERY COLLECTORS EXHIBITION•MIND MAPPING COLOUR - ALL ABOUT ARTISTS 2024
'colour is always more than colours'....
Alcaston Gallery presents Mind Mapping Colour – All About Artists, a significant collectors' exhibition featuring paintings and sculptures from some of Australia’s most influential and eminent contemporary artists.
The second instalment in Alcaston Gallery’s Counterpoint series, Mind Mapping Colour – All About Artists showcases important work by represented and exhibiting artists Karen ...
