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PEDRO WONAEAMIRRI FEATURES IN ARTIST PROFILE

Alcaston Gallery artist Pedro Wonaeamirri is currently featured in Artist Profile magazine.

In Issue 39, John Von Sturmer discusses how Tiwi Islander Pedro Wonaeamirri engages with tradition in his multilayered paintings and prints.

"Tiwi Islander Pedro Wonaeamirri’s beautiful, intricate work is part of a touring art exhibition called Being Tiwi, which is crossing Australia this year. Spanning works on canvas, bark and printmaking, Mr Wonaeamirri’s art springs from ancient Tiwi teachings, especially the dance story of betrayal and death that is the legend of Purukupali and his brother, Tapara."

To read the full article please see Artist Profile's website. 

For more information on the artist or to view available works, please see his artist page on our website. 

IMAGES | Pedro Wonaeamirri, Kulama, 2000, intaglio etching, printed in colour with plate tone from three plates, Magnani Incisioni paper, sheet 99 x 71cm, edition of 30, printer Martin King, Australian Print Workshop. © The Artist, Jilamara Arts & Crafts and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2018

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15th March 2018

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEC BAKER | WINNER OF THE 45TH MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE

Congraulations to Alec Baker for winning the 45th Muswellbrook Art Prize!

Mr Baker is the winner of the acquisitive prize of $50,00 (for his work Ngura (Country) - pictured) for a two dimensional painting of any subject in any medium. The prestigiopus award is sponsored by Bengalla Mining Company Pty Limited and Muswellbrook Shire Council and was judged by Tracey Cooper-Levery, Gallery Director, Gold Coast City Gallery.

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists.

For further information on Alec Baker please visit his artist page on our website.

http://alcastongallery.com.au/artist/read/1315-alec-baker

Image | Alec Baker - Ngura (Country). © The Artist and Iwantja Arts, 2018

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14th March 2018

YARITJI YOUNG AND KEN SISTERS MONUMENTAL COLLABORATIVE WORK FEATURE IN ADELAIDE BIENNIAL

Alcaston Gallery artist Yaritji Young, with the Ken Sisters, are currently featured in Divided Worlds: 2018 Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia for their monumental collaberative painting, Kangkura-KangkuraKu Tjukurpa – A Sister’s Story. 

Extending across Adelaide’s cultural precinct, North Terrace, the 2018 Adelaide Biennial will be presented at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art at the University of South Australia, JamFactory and Adelaide Botanic Garden including the Santos Museum of Economic Botany.

"In the Western art tradition painting has been historicised and romanticised as a solitary pursuit – a battle between the individual, usually male, and the canvas, usually upright. In the contemporary Western Desert art tradition, painting is frequently pursued collaboratively, with canvasses laid laterally on the ground in the direction of country. The Ken sisters – Tingila Yaritji Young, Maringka Tunkin, Sandra Ken, Freda Brady and Tjungkara Ken – are part of this desert art tradition, a distinct lineage formed initially by women, under the name of Minymaku Arts (meaning ‘belonging to women’), just twenty years ago in Amata in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.

By working together – sometimes simultaneously painting together on a grounded canvas, and sometimes consecutively, where one sister’s mark calls for another’s reply (resembling an ancestral call and response) – the mnemonic or memory function of painting is performed. The sisters often return to familiar and familial subjects in their collaborations – to Tjala tjukurpa (Honey Ant dreaming) and to Kungkarangkalpa tjukurpa (Seven Sisters dreaming), two stories that are their birthright and their bond."

LISA SLADE

Divided Worlds: 2018 Biennial of Australian Art will be on exhibition until the 3rd of June. Entry to the Biennial is Free. For more information please the their website. 

For more information on Yaritji Young, please visit her artist page on our website.

Image | Freda Brady, Sandra Ken, Tjungkara Ken, Paniny Mick, Maringka Tunkin, Yaritji Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, Kangkura-KangkuraKu Tjukurpa – A Sister’s Story, 2017, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 3 panels each 300 x 200 cm; Courtesy the artists and Tjala Arts 2017.

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3rd March 2018

CONGRATULATIONS TO CLAUDIA MOODOONUTHI | A SEMI FINALIST IN THE QUEENSLAND YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARD

Congratulations to Claudia Moodoonuthi who has been selected as a Semi Finalist in the QLD Young Achievers Award in the Aboriginal Achievement AND the Arts and Fashion Award.Well done and good luck to all the finalists.

For more information please visit the Awards Australia website. 

For more information on the artist, or to view available works please visit out website.

Image | Portrait of the artist at Alcaston Gallery, 2017. Installation view 'Ruby and Hunter in Dulka Warngiid (Story Place) Works (from left to right): Camp Dog Hunting Ground (AK20845), 2016, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 101 x 76 cm; Baz's Dog (AK20852), 2017, synthetic polymer paint on wood, 50 x 120 x 1 cm; Pearlie's Dog (AK20854), 2017, synthetic polymer paint on wood, 50 x 120 x 1 cm; Vickie's Dog (AK20851), 2017, synthetic polymer paint on wood, 50 x 120 x 1 cm. © The Artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2018

   
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28th February 2018

JUDY HOLDING | 2018 MONTALTO SCULPTURE PRIZE | OPENING THIS WEEKEND

2018 MONTALTO SCULPTURE PRIZE | OPENING THIS WEEKEND | SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2018  

The Montalto Sculpture Prize will open to the public from 11am this Sunday, the 25th of February with opening celebrations from 4pm. 

Alcaston Gallery is thrilled that Judy Holding is a finalist, and the prize will showcase her stunning large scale sculpture, Tall Coloured Gum (pictured).

If you have an inquiry about this work please email us on art@alcastongallery.com.au

To view other available works by the artist please see our website.

For more information on the Montalto Sculpture Prize please see their website. 

Image | Judy Holding, Tall Coloured Gum Tree, (installation view) 2015 

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25th February 2018