No Boundaries
17 Sep 2015 - 03 Jan 2016
Ngarra, Yalyalji and Malngirri, 2006
Synthetic polymer paint on paper. 14 x 20 inches.
© Ngarra estate, courtesy Mossenson Galleries, Perth. Photo: Frank Casale.
Synthetic polymer paint on paper. 14 x 20 inches.
© Ngarra estate, courtesy Mossenson Galleries, Perth. Photo: Frank Casale.
NO BOUNDARIES
Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting
17 September 2015 – 3 January 2016
No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting brings together the work of nine Aboriginal Australian artists: Paddy Bedford, Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Tommy Mitchell, Ngarra, Boxer Milner Tjampitjin, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Tjumpo Tjapanangvka, Billy Joongoorra Thomas, and Prince of Wales (Midpul). Each of these men is a leader within their community and while they began painting late in life, their works explore complex and innovative modes of abstraction. This exhibition highlights the distinctive vocabularies and modes of gestural expression that define each of these artist's paintings and works on paper. Relating to cultural systems, religious beliefs, and social structures, these intricate works are at once distinctly grounded in the context of Aboriginal life and profoundly resonant with abstract painting of the 20th and 21st centuries. No Boundaries will tour the US extensively, and alongside its accompanying publication, it is a vital addition to the scholarship and discourse on contemporary Aboriginal painting.
Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting
17 September 2015 – 3 January 2016
No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting brings together the work of nine Aboriginal Australian artists: Paddy Bedford, Janangoo Butcher Cherel, Tommy Mitchell, Ngarra, Boxer Milner Tjampitjin, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Tjumpo Tjapanangvka, Billy Joongoorra Thomas, and Prince of Wales (Midpul). Each of these men is a leader within their community and while they began painting late in life, their works explore complex and innovative modes of abstraction. This exhibition highlights the distinctive vocabularies and modes of gestural expression that define each of these artist's paintings and works on paper. Relating to cultural systems, religious beliefs, and social structures, these intricate works are at once distinctly grounded in the context of Aboriginal life and profoundly resonant with abstract painting of the 20th and 21st centuries. No Boundaries will tour the US extensively, and alongside its accompanying publication, it is a vital addition to the scholarship and discourse on contemporary Aboriginal painting.