Oh, to be in Adelaide in March!In conjunction with the Adelaide Festival, the city's South Australian Museum is sponsoring Tjukurpa Pulkatjara, an exhibition featuring a who's who of contemporary aboriginal art. Jimmy Baker, Maringka Baker, Wingu Tingima, Tommy Mitchell, Tjaparti Bates, Carol Maayatja Golding, Myra Yurtiwa Cook, Harry Tjutjuna, Tiger Palpatja, Ruby Dickinson, Dickie Minyintiri... and even more, amazingly. Some of these artists will be there to discuss their work. The painting shown is Jimmy Baker's 2008 Ngintaka, Kalaya, Wanampi.
This is one of the greatest showings of the works of senior Western Desert artists to be unveiled this (or any other) year.
According to the Museum, "Tjukurpa Pulkatjara celebrates the work of artist who live and paint close to the Tjukurpa [dreaming] at community art centers. The exhibition underlines the importance of provenance and ethical acquisition of works."
And for those who like their Dreaming art performed as well as painted, the festival also presents Liru Tjukurpa, the Rainbow Serpent Story, as rendered by Carclew Youth Arts of Ernabella. The performance has a profound significance: it represents the generational continuity of indigenous art and knowledge as handed down from community elders to its youth.
Oh, to be in Adelaide in March!
From 4 through 16 March 2010, 10 AM - 5 PM
South Australian Museum
North Terrace, Adelaide SA
