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Lloyd Godman
February 8 to March 30, 2008

“It is doubtful if Australasia has a more protean, visionary and ecologically committed artist than Lloyd Godman”.
(B&W Magazine USA, Jan 2008)

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

For more Artist’s works see: www.lloydgodman.net

A cross-media installation exhibition of potentials and becomings
Re-creating objects into new life, forms and expectations.

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…’.

Featuring key works by:
Rover Thomas, including rare drawings and artefacts by the artist.
Jonathon Kumintjara Brown: featuring his Maralinga series and Pitjinjara artefacts that relate to the Yalata region.

Arnhem Land drawings from the Collection - fabulous works not previously seen that relate stories passed down through generations over thousands of years.
The Narrmakon ('thunder and lightening man') story from Arnhem Land, featuring works by the Nganjmirra family. These works and exhibits trace a story that is at least 17,000 years old, and is still depicted today. From Neil McLeod's photography of ancient Arnhem Land rock art, to early nineteenth century bark art to the contemporary vision of Narrmakon by Eva Nganjmirra.

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.

'Wild Dogs from Down Under' explores culture, time and placement, environmental impacts and social issues through their artwork.
The artists have developed their own unique styles and applications to create a strong and memorable body of work to share with the world!

Artist Demonstration & Floor Talk Program
Burrinja is pleased to announce three terrific ‘2 up’ sessions with the Wild Dogs from Down Under artists.
Each session will be presented in Burrinja gallery by two of the artists, talking about their work, their inspiration and their techniques.

All Sessions 1.00pm to 3.00pm
Sessions are free, and no booking is necessary.
(NB. Normal gallery admission charges apply. Jarmbi Members Free)

Sunday Feb 4 Jenny Murray-Jones, Eileen Harrison

Sunday Feb 11 Leonie Ryan, Laurie Collins

Sunday Feb 25 Gary Miles. Kerrie Warren

Burrinja Gallery presents
CHEN YONGQIANG
MASTER ARTIST

‘Chen Yongqiang is one of the most outstanding, influential and representative flower and bird painters in China’

Exhibition October 7 to December 23, 2006

Chen Yongqiang will be our honoured guest at Burrinja for both the exhibition opening and the following week’s events program.
Featuring 32 of Chen Yongqiang’s exquisite paintings, the exhibition will be opened on Friday October 6 at 6.30pm by Kordelya Zhansui, former student of Chen Yongqiang when in China, and now considered a leading contemporary artist in Australia.

Free floor talks and demonstrations with Chen Yongqiang and Kordelya Zhansui.
Sunday October 8 and Saturday October 14 at 2:00 PM

Both artists will be working alongside each other to present these two not-too-be-missed sessions which will include painting demonstrations by this Master Artist

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Chen Yongqiang’s works mainly focus on features and landscapes of nature and as a celebration of life.

His style may be expressed often in the form of flower and bird paintings but it is based in his own personal experiences of a warm country life in Guangdong province of China.

Since 1973 every national exhibition of paintings in China has included works by Chen Yongqiang. This master artist has held more than 50 solo exhibitions throughout China and internationally, including the China Art Museum in Beijing and Guangzhou Art Museum. In 2005 he was awarded the title “Outstanding People’s Artist”.

His works are collected by major museums including Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, China Art Museum and many institutions in China. He is currently the Honoured President of Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts, Honoured President of Guangzhou Academy of Calligraphy and Art, Director of the Museum of Lingnan Art School, and Trustee of Chinese Artists Association. His works are published in six books in China.

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"Affordable Art features a range of Joy Serwlo's exquisite textile works in a number of styles and formats. "

PLUS those crazy Tolai Stick Figures and beautiful Ceremonial Dance Wands from PNG –
PLUS Balinese masks and Dance Costumes

Burrinja
351 Glenfern Road
UPWEY VIC 3158

(Melways 75B12)

(03) 9754 8723

burrinja@burrinja.org.au

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Tues to Sun 10.30am - 5pm.
Café Fri to Sun

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 and Greeny Pervis.

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 generational difference.

In bringing together the works of these two artists Burrinja has produced an informative narrative that speaks of generational and aesthetic transformations in the lived culture and representations of an ancient and traditional land that has itself remained largely unchanged for many thousands of years.

Biography Jack Dale – elder
There are no records of Jack Dale’s birth although he is estimated to be no less than 85 years old. Indeed, born at a time when it was common for white pastoralists and traditional elders to put to death Aboriginal infants fathered by white men, Jack’s longevity is an amazing story.

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.

As a senior law man, Jack is one of only a few entrusted custodians of the “Wandjina” spirits great art sites of the East Kimberleys.

Jack Dale has had many solo and group exhibitions of his work at galleries around Australia, including Japingka Gallery, Perth and Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne., Kintolai Gallery, Adelaide and Art Mob, Hobart.

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 London.

Exhibtion Dates
October 9 to December 23

Left: Jack Dale - Mount House

Heather Umbagai - Emerging

Despite this commitment to contemporary style Heather’s art is still a product of her strong ties to Aboriginal culture. Her inspiration is her land, stories inherited from her family, the Worrorra people and her own observances, some of which offer a surprisingly positive outlook on co-existence between white and indigenous Australians.

Heather currently lives in her traditional community where she studies linguistics and works as a health care professional.

Heather is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts in linguistics and has degrees in Nursing and Aboriginal Community Management & Development from Curtin University. After painting for several years Heather has a major release of her works planned for 2005.

Her first major solo exhibition was in Houston, Texas in 2004. She is currently represented by Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings and Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney and Art Mob, Hobart.