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| enLIGHTen - Lloyd Godman | March 2008 |
| Turtles all the Way Down | January 2008 |
| New insights from the Collection | September 2007 |
| Wild Dogs from Downunder | February 2007 |
| Works from the Burrinja Collection | January 2007 |
| CHEN YONGQIANG | October 2006 |
| Affordable Contemporary Art @ Burrinja | September 2006 |
| Mission Voices | May 2006 |
| Learning From The Knee | April 2006 |
| Central Desert works | October 2005 |
| It Doesn't Make Any Sense Upside Down | October 2005 |
| Big Art |
July 2005
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| Gili Bigi |
May 2005
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| Elder & Emerging |
February 2005
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| A Poko Poko Nau |
June 2004
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| Footprints of the spirits |
April 2004
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| Threads of Time |
December 2003
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| Contemporary Masters |
August 2003
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| Ticket Men |
April 2003
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| Koorie Heritage Trust Collection |
July 2002
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| Wungud Essence of Wundjina |
February
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| Beauty With Fire Six Textile Artists |
November 2001
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| Anton McMurray Into The Wild |
September 2001
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April 2001
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| Jonathan Kumintjara Brown Maralinga - Heart of my Country |
April 2001
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| The Nganjmirra Family Wet Season - My Grandfather told me |
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| Maggie Diaz - Into the light |
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Maggie Diaz - Into
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A Retrospective April 11 – July 12, 2008 With Tiffaney Bishop A concurrent exhibition event in our Burrinja and
Jarmbi gallery spaces highlighting the contrasts and synchronicities
between the work of photographic artists Maggie Diaz and Tiffaney
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| Maggie Diaz American born photographer Maggie Diaz arrived in Melbourne in 1961, on a one way ticket, and soon established herself has one of the city’s leading commercial photographers. An award-winning photographer in Chicago and resident photographer of the famous Tavern Club, Diaz used her flair for night photography and use of available light to capture the essence of Melbourne’s arts and wider community over four decades. Diaz’s photographic oeuvre dates back to 1950s Chicago, and includes haunting images of the housing project known as Lower North Center. She depicted Melbourne ‘battlers’ in a yearbook for The Brotherhood of St Laurence, and was commissioned to produce night shots of the city for promotional purposes. Her work has always been marked by the contrast between the glamorous commercial world and those outside of society, with whom she felt a connection. |
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| Diaz has the knack for capturing the soul of the artist – for
getting the person to reveal themselves to her. This saw her portraiture
of actors becoming a major interest. She photographed scores of plays
at La Mama, The Courthouse and Playbox theatres in the 1990s and recently
celebrated her 80th birthday with a slideshow at the Carlton Courthouse.
It was a sell-out event, which generated long-overdue interest in Diaz’s
life and career, and prompted a mention in State Parliament: Maggie is technically expert in her astonishing use of light and shade and she has an extraordinary genius for capturing character and situation. She loves outsiders, those who often go unappreciated. Her life has been hard and this has been a rich treasure house of insight and inspiration for a great art. Johan Scheffer, Member for Monash A documentary on Diaz’s life and work is currently in development with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission ‘Into the Light’ is curated by Gwendolen De Lacy Print consultant: Tiffaney Bishop |
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| Tiffaney’s lived reality is that she is distanced geographically
from war, but not psychologically. Globalisation, and specifically global
communication, has meant that our concept of space and time, and our
role as witness, has impacted the way we experience the world. (M. McLuhan)
Whilst her experience is not as direct as some, it is frightening nonetheless.
As a mother in the 21st century she worries about the surge of aggression
and indiscriminate killing of civilian people. “Women and children
are disproportionately targeted in contemporary armed conflicts and
constitute the majority of all victims. Women and children also constitute
the majority of the world’s refugees and internally displaced
people.” (UNSC, 2002) Incorporated within this work is the consideration for the absence of women in relation to peacekeeping and conflict resolution processes, and the limited opportunities women have to participate in these processes. Tiffaney has been particularly inspired by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which was passed unanimously on 31 October 2000. “Resolution (S/RES/1325) is the first resolution ever passed by the Security Council that specifically addresses the impact of war on women, and women's contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace”.(SDReport) |
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| Tiffaney, like so many women and women’s organisations around
the world, believes that the traditional human rights framework tends
to exclude the experiences of women, as does the international community.
“1325 highlights the human rights abuses of women and children
during wartime but also aims to address this gender imbalance when it
comes to conflict resolution, peacekeeping and security, and calls for
a new gender perspective. It acknowledges women as powerful actors in
the process of peace and security”(UNSC 1325) Tiffaney hopes that
her work contributes to the attention this issue demands and the growing
desire to transform this short-sighted human rights and political framework. Whilst Tiffaney feels that her artistic efforts fall very much within the category of an informal peace effort, she believes that it is, nonetheless, an important part of a greater process toward global peace and security, and is excited by the prospect of contributing to such a worthy process in the future. Tiffaney was intimately involved in the intricate process of the detailed and textured printing of Maggie Diaz’s transparencies for the ‘Into the Light’ exhibition, utilizing her knowledge of both traditional and digital photographic techniques to sensitively capture the original ambience and aesthetic of Maggie’s work. |
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| Exhibition and Workshop Program Sunday April 20 Floor Talk with 83 year old Maggie Diaz, Tiffaney Bishop and exhibition curator Gwendolen DeLacy 10.30am to 12.30pm Includes morning tea in Burrinja Cafe. $10.00 Bookings essential. 9754 8723 EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY - with Tiffaney BishopThis one day workshop will introduce participants to basic digital photographic techniques as well as important creative techniques for taking expressive photos. Focusing on the concept of building a photo-narrative, participants will learn about this story telling technique using images to convey an idea or storyline. Come along to this workshop to develop and extend your technical and creative approach to image making, and come away with your images printed and mounted in professionally cut matts. This workshop is suited to beginners and more advanced photographers alike, as it emphasizes the development and extension of creative approaches to image making. Photographer Tiffaney Bishop investigates the way women view and experience war and peace in the 21st Century in her current exhibition at Burrinja - Mothers' War Cry. Working with past and current photographic images, Tiffaney creates digital montages that consider women’s lived realities and opinions about war and peace, in an attempt to raise awareness for issues surrounding women, children, peace and security. Saturday 26th April from 10-4pm @ Burrinja Secondary Schools Workshop and Education program details - Download HERE |
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enLIGHTen Lloyd Godman “It is doubtful if Australasia has a more protean, visionary
and ecologically committed artist than Lloyd Godman”. Burrinja is honoured to be presenting Lloyd Godman’s first major Australian exhibition, featuring projection installation, ‘carbon obscura’, photography, new and mixed media. An exhibition that extends the boundaries of the gallery, creating experiential immersion. Workshops & Exhibition program details HERE |
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| 'Enlighten' - Lloyd Goodman |
| Tthe largest photosensitive emulsion we know of is the planet earth.
As vegetation grows, dies back, changes colour with the seasons, the "photographic
image" that is our planet alters. Increasingly human intervention
plays a larger role in transforming the image of the globe we inhabit.
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| ‘Carbon Obscura’ Lloyd Goodman |
| "Lloyd Godman's twin careers of serious and successful
organic gardener and practicing artist of great creative energy converge
in new and constantly surprising ways to make art about the ecological
concerns that underly his gardening. Over almost three decades his art
has widened out from relatively traditional landscape photography to include
elements of performance, audience participation art and multimedia installation
to explore the tensions between electronic consumer society and the ecosystem."
(Artlink magazine - Ecology: Everyone's Business - Vol 25 no 4 - Dec - Jan 2006) |
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Isobel Foster, Neil McLeod,
Tiriki Onus, Joy Serwylo
Turtles all the Way Down A cross-media installation exhibition
of potentials and becomings Exhibition Until January 27, 2008. The exhibition brings together intricate works in paper and photography by Joy Serwylo, lush textiles, woven copper and spectacle lenses by Isobel Foster, through to the life size installation by Neil McLeod, ‘From here to…’. |
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A detail of Tiriki Onus’ flotilla of Rays floats serenely through the gallery space, connecting works and artists. Like his ‘bat box experimental’ installation, the Rays reference the work of his late father, Lin Onus, yet travel in new directions. "Turtles All the Way Down" is a reflection upon our contemporary explosion of awareness, the expansion of boundaries in art, science, communications, social concepts and definitions of reality that have disturbed any certainty of ‘normality’ |
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"Turtles All the Way Down" explores this intense, kaleidoscopic and sometimes disturbing state of metamorphosis through both artistic insight and humour. |
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insights from the Collection Exhibition extended by demand until September 16, 2007 An exhibition featuring key works from the Burrinja Collection exhibited in new ways that highlight their cultural context and heritage, including film and artefacts. This feature exhibition includes many works that have not been exhibited at Burrinja in the past 5 years. Featuring key works by: The exhibition includes dance poles, dili bags and message sticks from Arnhem Land. Films: Written in the Landscape, the story of Arnhem Land aboriginal art and Jonathon Kumintjara Brown.
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Down Under Opens Friday February 2, 2007 An exhibition from a diverse group of six visual artists from the BawBaw shire of Gippsland. Their work is innovative, conceptual and contemporary, based on the essence of Gippsland, an expression of themselves as Gippsland artists through the genres of oil and acrylic painting, metal sculpture and sculptural photography. Featuring the artists: Artist Demonstration & Floor Talk Program information here Exhibition February 2 to March 18, 2007 |
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Gary Miles 'Storm Hay Paddocks'
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Works from the Burrinja Collection
with New works by Jack Dale January 2 to January 28, 2007 Burrinjas January exhibition features works by a number
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There are no records of Jack Dales birth, although he is estimated
to be no less than eighty-five years old. He was born at a time when it
was common for the infants of traditional women fathered by white men
to be killed at birth, either by orders of the pastoralist, or by those
of senior indigenous men and women concerned about future threats to traditional
authority and social order. For some reason, unknown to Jack himself,
his life was spared. Left Jack Dale with 'Wandjina Iondra' |
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Jack Dales work can be found in private collections
in Melbourne, Sydney and London.
Major solo exhibitions include: Japingka Gallery, Perth; Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne; Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne; Kintolai Gallery, Adelaide; Art Mob, Hobart. Forthcoming major solo exhibitions: Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne; Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney. |
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Burrinja Gallery presents Exhibition October 7 to December 23, 2006 |
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Chen Yongqiang will be our honoured
guest at Burrinja for both the exhibition opening and the following
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Chen Yongqiangs works mainly focus
on features and landscapes of nature and as a celebration of life. |
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| Affordable Contemporary Art @ Burrinja Works by indigenous and non-indigenous artists at fabulous prices |
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A one-off never before Burrinja event featuring gems from the stock room
at not-to-be repeated prices. Stretched and un-stretched works on canvass
plus carvings, artifacts, works on paper and much, much more. |
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All works available for immediate pickup upon purchase. Lay-by available. Exhibition June 30 until September 30, 2006 Gallery Tues Sun 10.30AM-5PM |
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Burrinja and the Koorie
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Mission Voices Featuring the stories of Coranderrk & other Aboriginal Missions through art, text & oral traditions. Artists include: Opens May 5. Exhibition until June 25 |
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Curated by internationally acclaimed artist Simon Kaan. Works by Simon Kaan, Ross Hemera, Lonnie Hutchinson,
Ranui Ngarimu, Neil Pardington, Fiona Pardington, Nathan Pohio, Rachel
Rakena, Hana Rakena, Otene Rakena, Jenny Rendell, Fayne Robinson,
Areta Wilkinson, James York. |
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showing Our Story - Our Country Victorian Koorie Featuring works by Mandy Nicholson (Wurundjeri), Uncle Roy Patterson (Taunerong Elder),Kim Lampton (Yorta Yorta), Zeta Thompson (Yorta Yorta) and Treahna Hamm (Yorta Yorta) |
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Featuring an extensive exhibition program with visiting
Ngai Tahu Artists from Thursday February 23 to Saturday February
25. Photography, digital projection, ceramics, Pounamu & wood carving, painting, text, installation, jewellery, sculpture… |
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About Akona ki nga rekereke
(Learning from the Knee)
As part of an indigenous cultural exchange between the Wurundjeri of Melbourne and the Ngai Tahu Maori, Burrinja and Te Runangao Ngai Tahu are presenting Learning from the Knee, (‘Akona ki nga rekereke’) an exhibition of contemporary works by 14 Ngai Tahu artists. |
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Curated by internationally acclaimed artist Simon Kaan, the exhibition
features contemporary works that create links with the past, crossing
a wide range of mediums including photography, digital projection,
ceramics, Pounamu & wood carving, painting, text, installation,
jewellery and sculpture. |
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Learning from the Knee took hold as a point of creative inspiration amongst Ngai Tahu artists. Moana Tipa explains: “In indigenous tradition, the imparting of knowledge and practical skills to younger generations was a matter of survival, life or death. In Maori society, the term taonga i tuku iho (gifts handed down) refers to innate knowledge, in-born through whakapapa … This is underpinned by wairua (spirit).” “Akona ki nga rekereke (learning from the knee) suggests learning
not measured or marketed; learning that is neither bought nor owned
and learning that is not so much taught as caught, by the creative
imagination and by the spirit”. |
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Project Background A Gathering Place’ is being created at Healesville to celebrate
and facilitate the coming together of these two indigenous cultures.
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| Presentations by artists will include floor talk style address with visual presentations followed by an open Question and Answer session with each artist | ||
| Simon Kaan: His current practice.
(Curator) Ross Hemera: His current practice. Hana Rakena: Her whanau and their collaborations. Neil Pardington: His current practice. Ranui Ngarimu: Her current practice. OOOO |
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- Learning from the Knee Moana Tipa - Exhibition Project consultant & Catalogue author Free Floor Talk giving insight to the exhibition, the artists and their works. Gallery Admission charges apply. |
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| 2pm - 4pm | Public &
School indigenous workshops at Burrinja Free - hands on workshops and demonstrations with visiting and local indigenous artists. |
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| Maori Weaving: Maori Kowhaiwhai painting & Drawing: Aboriginal Basket Weaving: Aboriginal Ochre painting: |
Ranui Ngarimu, James York Aunty Dot Peters Uncle Roy |
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| 4.45 - 6.00pm | Kahurangi - NZ Maori
Dance Theatre Te Reo Kori : Traditional Maori Dance Workshop Suitable for all ages from 5 years and up. Tickets: $5 or $8 including admission to Learning from the Knee exhibition More information on performances by Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre and Miharangi on our Events page - here |
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| Mihirangi Original Contemporary and Soulful-World-Roots. With her dynamic live energy, impassioned voice, skillfully crafted lyrics and prodigious talent Mihirangi has endeared herself to audiences across the world. Dubbed "The Maori princess of funk, 'Mihirangi's cultural and spiritual heritage sits at the core of her music. Tickets $12 or Jarmbi Members $8. |
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Central Desert Works
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artists.
Beautiful works from the rarely exhibited private Ebes Collection, in the ‘Utopian’ tradition. Featuring such artists as: Emily Kame Kngwarreye Kuddtji Kngwarreye Naata Nungurrayi Barbara Weir Minnie Pwerle Thomas Tjapaltjarri Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Turkey Tolson Thomas Tjapaltjarri In ‘The Collection Gallery’: Lin Onus, Eva Nganjmirra, Rover Thomas, Jonathan Kumintjara Brown, Gloria Petyarre |
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Until February 12, 2006 Admission $5 or $4 conc., $12 family Jarmbi Members Free |
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| Above - Kuddtji Kngwarreye ‘My Country’ |
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Works on exhibition include a number of representations of the
The Tingari Cycle is the name given to a group of dreaming stories particular to the western desert regions of Australia. They are performed in ceremonies and are illustrated in body paint design and ground paintings by the Pintupi and other western desert language groups. The dreaming stories that make up the Tingari Cycle forms the most secret-sacred part of the Aboriginal culture, and details regarding the stories are passed down from generation to generation through initiation ceremonies and are very rarely imparted to those who do not hold rights to the information. Many of the artists come from ‘Utopia’, an area of great importance in the modern history of Aboriginal Art. Utopia is situated approximately 240 kilometers north-east of Alice Springs and is part of the land of the Anmatyerre and Alyawarre speaking people who now have permanent land title over some 1100 square kilometers of their ancestral country. They have re-established their traditional culture and look after their land through ceremony and ritual just as they have done for thousands of years. The women of Utopia have been making art using the batik technique since the late 1970’s, and their silk lengths are now represented in major public and corporate collections throughout Australia and internationally. In the summer of 1988-89 these artists began making their designs on canvas, using paint, rather than the batik method. Once again, their great skill as storytellers and designers was evident. Their first paintings were purchased by the Robert Holmes a Court Collection and displayed in the S.H Ervin gallery in Sydney in mid-1989. This exhibition attracted instant attention, launched Utopia Art and became the launching pad for the career of one very special artist in particular, the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Nowadays, art from this region is considered to be amongst the most
interesting and important Aboriginal art. The critical and public response
to Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s art in particular propelled her into
the stratospheres of art fame, and caused a revolution of sorts in Australian
painting the likes of which had not been seen for some time. Since then,
other artists have risen to the fore, such as Barbara Weir, Minnie Pwerle,
Lily Sandover Kngwarreye, Josie Petrick Kemarre, Angelina Pwerle, Gloria
Ngarle, Nancy Petyarre, Teresa Pwerle, Gladdy Kemarre, Dave Pwerle Ross,
Margaret Scobie, Evelyn Pitjare, Jeannie Pitjara, Lucky Morton Kemarre
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See what we have planned at Burrinja Take a tour of some of the highlights of
our recent exhibitions |
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‘A wildly eclectic range of images that inspire
the soul and imagination’
Dr Ross Farnell, Burrinja. Exhibition: July 15 – October
16th Burrinja |
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Burrinja Gallery invites you to an exhibition of
big ART Big Names - Big Works - Big Ideas |
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Elder & Emerging
Exhibition October 9, 2004 to February 13, 2005 Elder and Emerging features two outstanding artists of the Kimberley, Jack Dale and Heather Umbagai. |
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Both are indigenous artists painting their Kimberley land and traditional
stories, yet despite common cultural perspectives their viewpoint is
informed by vastly different personal journeys, aesthetic vision and
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Biography Jack Dale – elder During his childhood, if not for the resistance of his mother Moddera, a traditional indigenous woman of the Komaduwah clan who hid him from his violent white father, Jack might not have survived his early years. Jack Dale Senior was prone to wild and unpredictable behaviour, once even shooting his son in the leg to prevent him from running away. Following his father’s death, when still only a small boy, Jack returned to his mother to live among the Ngarinyin people. There he was taught Traditional Law (Narrungunni) by his Aboriginal grandfather. As an adult Jack became a stockman and earned a reputation as a respected bushman, never thrown from a horse and never beaten by any beast. Now a senior law man he is revered amongst his people for his extensive cultural knowledge. In recent times Jack has sought to document his experiences and stories through art. He has chosen the traditional method of ochre painting synonymous with Kimberley artists. These works are a unique, first hand representation of a largely unknown and unrepeatable chapter of Australian history. |
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of the “Wandjina” spirits great art sites of the East Kimberleys. Forthcoming major solo exhibitions are scheduled at Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne and Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney. His work can be found in private collections in Melbourne, Sydney and
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