To be launched by Dick Kimber, anthropologist & author
Saturday June 27 2009
3 pm
43 Todd Mall, Alice Springs
Book launch in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary Art of Kaltjiti
RSVP: June 23
Susan McCulloch
McCulloch & McCulloch
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Susan McCulloch will be speaking on a panel hosted by Geraldine Dogue alongside National Museum of Australia's Margo Neale, Queensland Art Gallery's Bruce McLean and collector Phillip Harding at this coming Noosa Long Weekend.
The Rise and Rise of Aboriginal Art: Understanding Indigenous Art
Australian Indigenous art has taken the art world by storm. Why? For insider information, broadcaster Geraldine Doogue questions those at the ‘rock-face’.
Susan McCulloch - art book publisher, consultant and leading media art writer. Co-author of McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art and McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art, her clout in this field is born out of passion and vast research into Australia’s remote art producing regions.
Margo Neale is a Senior Research Fellow, Senior Curator and Principal Advisor to the Director on Indigenous matters at the National Museum of Australia, also Adjunct Professor at ANU’s Centre for Indigenous History. Widely published on topics including social history, art in the Asia-Pacific region and Indigenous art, Dr Neale is currently curating a major international exhibition on Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
Phillip Harding is an avid fan of Australian art, with a particular passion for Indigenous works. Not just a collector, Phillip gets to know the artists themselves and is committed to promotion of their talent. Selections from the diverse Harding Family Collection have been shown in both local exhibitions and interstate galleries.
Bruce McLean is Associate Curator, Indigenous Australian Art at the Queensland Art gallery and prolific contributor to many Gallery and art industry publications. He was 2002’s National Aboriginal Youth of the Year and selected to participate in Australia Council’s 2007 Indigenous curator’s program.
Sunday 21st June 4.00pm $55
Noosa Blue
Duration: Approximately 2 hours.
Inclusions: Canapes - glass of Australian bottled wine, beer, or soft drink.
Date of Event:
Saturday 20th June 2009
Event Details
Exhibition featuring Wildflowers plus the Kaltjiti Arts book launch 'Painting the Song'.
A dynamic exhibition of Kaltjiti Artists paintings - inspired by their sand dune country, the country of their spirit.
Artists will be in attendance at the opening
Evening 6-8pm Saturday 20 June.
Beverley Peacock, Art Centre Manager & Dr. Diana James, Author of 'Painting the Song' will also be attendance.
The exhibition will run until 5 July 2009.
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LOUISE NUNN
April 25, 2009 12:30am
Tjungara George
ABORIGINAL artists from a remote South Australian community are keeping their culture alive with a landmark book of vibrant art depicting their stories and country.
Painting the Song: Kaltjiti artists of the sand dune country is the first book on art from the Pitjantjatjara lands of northwest South Australia.
It was launched in Adelaide this week with a celebratory inma performed by artists from Kaltjiti (Fregon), in the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (PY) lands.
Eleven artists made the 16-hour road journey to present the traditional dance and song ceremony at Flinders University City Gallery.
It is hosting a major exhibition featuring works from the book.
Diana James, the book's author and exhibition curator, said Kaltjiti Arts was "a centre of hope".
"Media reports on the APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) lands are very often negative," Ms James said. "This arts centre has been operating for 34 years. It's owned and run by the artists and is one of the most constant sources of employment and enjoyment."
Ms James said Kaltjiti artists sold their work around the world. The arts centre catered for tourists and people in the trade.
"It started out as a tin shed," she said. "Now it's two big tin sheds."
Kaltjiti's first arts adviser from 1975 to '76, Ms James has worked in the region for 30 years.
The artists asked the Pitjantjatjara speaker to record their history and culture for future generations.
"I think it will significantly put Kaltjiti Arts on the map and begin to explain to the public the regions behind the art," she said.
The exhibition of 37 paintings and 18 objects and prints by 25 artists runs until May 3.
Painting the Song: Kaltjiti artists of the sand dune country is published by McCulloch & McCulloch/Kaltjiti Arts. RRP $59.95.
M&M have a stand at The Weekend Australian Art Melbourne 2009, Stand AA3
Come & visit us!
The Weekend Australian Art Melbourne: Affordable & Collectable 16 – 19 April 2009, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
Opens tomorrow- Vip Opening Night Preview Party 6pm- 9pm
The Weekend Australian Art Melbourne will return to the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton from 16 – 19 April 2009. Bringing together Melbourne's vibrant art scene and showcasing an extensive range of art to buy, The Weekend Australian Art Melbourne includes hundreds of artworks by artists ranging from contemporary to traditional and emerging to investment.
The fair invites both first-time buyers and seasoned collectors to seek out exciting new artists and to browse the thousands of paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, indigenous works, new media art and works on paper, including limited edition prints, many accessibly priced.
No matter what your objective - be it investment or enjoyment, The Weekend Australian Art Melbourne 09 is the perfect place to keep up to date with the dynamic world of art and seek the advice of experts.
The Weekend Australian Art Melbourne: an affordable & collectable art-buying opportunity not to be missed!
VIP First Night- Complimentary drinks & live entertainment
The exclusive preview of the fair, Thursday 16 April from 6pm – 9pm.
The VIP first night gives art lovers the opportunity to see and buy the art before anybody else, whilist enjoying complimentary drinks and entertainment!
Tickets are strictly limited and only available in advance – don’t miss out!
Friday Night Live- Come along to Art Melbourne on Friday evening for your Friday night drinks with live entertainment from 6pm -9pm. A great way to spend the evening!
The Hastings Independent has reported on the success of our exhibition held at Flinders over summer.
Fran Henke quotes Susan McCulloch in the article, who says: 'We would have had at least 500 people through in four days, sold more than three-quarters of the works, and raised $1350 for the bushfire relief fund.'
More than $1500 of the proceeds went to World Without Books, the indigenous literacy project. 'We will continue to have Aboriginal paintings on show at the Flinders cafe and have plans for other special exhibitions, both indigenous and non-indigenous.' Susan said.
We are already planning our next shows both with Flinders and with another gallery, please continue to visit our website for information on upcoming exhibitions.
The first issue is out now, it features two articles by McCullochs: Susan McCulloch writes on Peppimenarti's Durrmu Arts centre, and Emily McCulloch Childs interviews Apolline Kohen, director of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
Andrew Bock has written a great review of New Beginnings in the latest issue of Australian Art Review magazine. He calls the book a 'beautiful folio that consecrates a radically contemporary collection of Aboriginal art' and says that Emily McCulloch's Childs's text is 'elegantly layered with social and historical information but also intimate'.
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