previous Exhibitions
Beverly Burton • Ngayuku Kamiku Ngura, Holding onto Grandmother’s Country
Alcaston Gallery is thrilled to present Ngayuku Kamiku Ngura - Holding onto Grandmother’s Country, the first solo exhibition of new paintings and ceramic works by Beverly Burton at Alcaston Gallery, one of the most exciting and innovative emerging artists working today at Amata in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of far north-west South Australia.
Beverly Burton's powerful and vibrant linear mark making on her canvas and ceramic artworks is both characteristic to her artistic practice, as well as alluding to her important and influential family lineage including the work of her mother, artist and revered ngangkaṟi Naomi Kantjuriny, and her father, renowned senior artist and respected elder, the late Kunmanara (Hector) Burton. In this new body of work, Burton honours her father's mother by depicting Anumara Piti, her Grandmother’s Country, in what the artist describes as 'the colours of Country'; evoking the desert landscape through the use of red, orange and brown hues, combined with a bright palette of the lush green grasses coming up after rains, and the pink, yellow and white of wildflowers under the shimmering blue sky.
"Ngayulu pulkara pukurarinyi ngayuku kamiku tjukurpaku, panya ngaayuku kamiku tjukurpa kuṉpu... Iritinguru alatjiṯu ngaṟanyi. I am proud because my Grandmother’s story is strong. I paint to remember my Grandmother’s story… That story has been there a long time. That story has been there forever." - Beverly Burton, 2022
In 2022, Burton began to translate her practice from canvas to ceramic, expanding her disciplinary practice alongside other senior women from Tjala Arts in South Australia. The artist collaborated with ceramicist Stephanie James Manttan at the Jam Factory in Adelaide, South Australia to produce a new body of stoneware ceramic artworks as part of the Vessels – Holding onto Tjukurpa project; a project assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Following her recent announcement as a finalist in the prestigious 2022 Telstra National Indigenous Art Awards presented by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Alcaston Gallery is proud to present this accomplished solo exhibition by Beverly Burton, Ngayuku Kamiku Ngura, Holding onto Grandmother’s Country from 20 July - 5 August 2022.
© The Artist, Tjala Arts and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2022
ALCASTON GALLERY - A CONTINUING CELEBRATION OF WOMEN
In 2024, Alcaston Gallery is once again proud to celebrate and advocate for International Women's Day.
This year's theme is Inspire Inclusion; to inspire a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment; to build a more inclusive world for all women; to invest in women and accelerate progress!
Alcaston Gallery has invested significantly in First Nations women artists - with rewards for the artists, financially and culturally, having a significant rippling effect for their families and ...
Rene Sundown •Ngura Tali - Sand Dune Country
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Sundown is a senior artist and longstanding director of the Iwantja Art Centre in Indulkana, South Australia, whose practice is dedicated to passing on knowledge to future generations. Having exhibited in important national and international group exhibitions over the past decade, this will be Sundown’s ...
Alcaston Gallery Christmas Gifts Exhibition 2023•Limited edition PRINTS and WORKS ON PAPER
Alcaston Gallery Christmas Gifts Exhibition 2023 presents exceptional works on paper and limited edition prints from over thirty-five years of contemporary Australian First Nations art showcasing a selection of rare and special release works by important artists on exhibition at the Alcaston Gallery Exhibition Space, 84 William Street, Melbourne/Naarm from 29 November until 15 December 2023.
CLAY•Ben McKeown•Karen Mills•Dean Smith
Clay comes from the earth; in its many forms, textures and colours, clay harnesses our world’s enigmatic power, energy, and secret life force.
With its affinity to earth and water, clay is an accumulated matrix of plant, animal, and mineral; wet or dry, white or coloured, this natural material has been used since ancient times in the form of ochre in sacred ceremonies and for medicinal purposes, as well as a strong, pliable matter for utilitarian functions such as building, cooking and creating practical ...
Maringka Burton •Anumara Piti, Caterpillar Tjukurpa
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present Anumara Piti, Caterpillar Tjukurpa, a solo exhibition by the revered Pitjantjatjara artist Maringka Burton.
Burton is a highly respected artist and ngangkari (traditional healer), whose distinctive compositions have garnered wide national recognition and admiration; including exhibiting in The National 2021, a landmark exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW, and being named as a finalist in the prestigious Wynne Prize, presented by the Art Gallery of NSW in 2021 and ...