VICTORIA, BC • CANADA
 |
|
|
introduction catalogue images portfolio images exhibit essay the artists |
The exhibition will be officially opened on August 21 at 8pm by Mr David Buckley, Consul General for Australia in Toronto. Alcheringa Gallery is honoured to host this exhibition of fine art prints by important senior artists from the Balgo Hills, Yuendumu and Lajamanu settlements of Northern Australia. Powerful traditions involving love magic rituals amongst the Kukatja and Warlpiri peoples of the Tanami Desert are explored using a wide range of printmaking techniques. This collection has been made possible as a result of a unique cross-cultural collaboration. It has involved indigenous artists, remote art centre staff and community organizations, a fine art print publishing house, a number of anthropologists who have specialist knowledge of these cultural groups and two highly respected non-indigenous printmakers. In addition and as part of this exhibition, for the first time in the history of Australian printmaking a unique portfolio of fifteen limited edition etchings, linocuts and silkscreen prints has been created with a focus on a particular theme of Aboriginal culture. Our heartfelt thanks to the artists and to all who have made this exhibition possible, in particular Michael Kershaw of the Australian Art Print Network for his kind assistance to us. Read More about Yilpinji and the Visual Art of the Warlpiri and Kukatja peoples. View the prints image index. View the portfolio collection. See where the artists are from. |
|
main |
the collection |
past shows
|
|
© 2003 Alcheringa Gallery All Rights Reserved. |