ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2016 Regional Tour - Bega Valley Regional Gallery
The Archibald Prize - Regional Tour
24 March - 13 May 2017
This touring exhibition is an opportunity to see all the finalists in the Archibald Prize 2016.
The Archibald Prize is awarded annually to the best portrait, 'preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia’.
The prize was first awarded in 1921. In establishing the prize, JF Archibald’s aim was to foster portraiture as well as support artists and perpetuate the memory of great Australians. Over the years some of Australia’s most prominent artists have entered and the subjects have been equally celebrated in their fields.
Bega VAlley Regional Gallery 2017 program - get set to sizzle!
Young & Free | An Australian Discourse
Abdul Abdullah, Tony Albert, Liam Benson, Joan Ross, Alex Seton
10 February – 18 March
The Archibald Prize | Regional Tour
From the Art Gallery of New South Wales
24 March – 13 May
Tracey Moffatt
Works from the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) Collection
19 May – 8 July
Treasures of Australian Art 1890 to 1950 | The Howard Hinton Collection
Touring from the New England Regional Art Museum
14 July – 30 September
The Shirl
National Youth Portrait Prize
6 October – 25 November
INDO POP
Indonesian Art form the Asia Pacific Triennale 7
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art QAGOMA Touring Exhibition
1 December – 17 February 2018
Craftivism. Dissident Objects and Subversive Forms Bega Valley Regional Gallery 14 Feb - 3 May 2020
Craftivism. Dissident Objects and Subversive Forms presents the work of 18 contemporary Australian artists who utilise craft based materialities with a political intent. Broadening our understanding of craft-making traditions, the artists in this exhibition subvert and extend these forms into the realm of activism and social change, reflecting on the world in which we live. While some respond directly to artistic or political movements, others encourage social connection between community members or require participatory activation through collective processes. Drawing on a long historical lineage, Craftivism. Dissident Objects and Subversive Forms enables viewers to rethink craft in a new light.
Artists: Catherine Bell, Karen Black, Penny Byrne, Erub Arts, Debris Facility, Starlie Geikie, Michelle Hamer, Kate Just, Deborah Kelly, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Raquel Ormella, Kate Rohde, Slow Art Collective, Tai Snaith, Hiromi Tango, James Tylor, Jemima Wyman and Paul Yore.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring a curatorial introduction and three commissioned texts by David Cross, Jessica Bridgfoot and Amelia Winata.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, as well as receiving development assistance from NETS Victoria’s Exhibition Development Fund, supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Craftivism. Dissident Objects and Subversive Forms is a SAM curated exhibition, touring nationally by NETS Victoria.
Bega Valley Mural Prize
The Bega Valley Mural Prize is a prize specifically for artists living and working in the Bega Valley Shire. An evolution of the BEGA ART PRIZE which has run in differing forms since 1992 with the support of the Bega Valley Shire Council.
The winning artists work has been reproduced at large scale and presented as public murals on BVSC water tanks in locations throughout the Shire.
The 2017 winner was Bega based artist Joe McKenzie with his work ‘Spirit Dancer’.
The Director of the Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Iain Dawson, said Mr McKenzie’s success was particularly noteworthy given the indigenous artist had only recently taken up painting.
“As a participant in an indigenous mentorship program, Joe met Uncle Danny Eastwood (a prominent painter and cartoonist), who taught him a great deal about traditional techniques as well as the use of symbols in Australian Indigenous art,” Mr Dawson said.
“There is absolutely no doubting the talent Joe has and we are very much looking forward to ‘Spirit Dance’ taking its prominent position in Bermagui.
“We see the mural prize as a new and exciting way to support and promote local artists. Public art has been growing in popularity and the response we’ve had to the existing murals in Eden and Merimbula has been fantastic.
“We really appreciate how supportive the Water and Sewer team have been in enabling us to turn our water tanks into canvasses for our local artists and we continue to work together to identify further opportunities across the Shire,” Mr Dawson said.
SHNPA FINALISTS 2018
35 finalists have been selected for the nation’s most loved and richest realistic portrait prize. A record number of entrants from across the country vied for the chance at the $50,000 award. The Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award is a non-acquisitive prize for realistic portraiture, held biennially at the Bega Valley Regional Gallery on the NSW south coast.
The exhibition will launch on Friday 26th October when the 2018 guest judge, art critic and broadcaster, Dr. Andrew Frost will select the winner from a strong field of contenders.
“This year’s entries were our strongest ever and audiences will see works from past winners, Archibald prize finalists, and many of Australia’s best known portraitists. ‘ said BVRG director Iain Dawson.
The selection committee consisted of Brisbane based gallery director Edwina Corlette, influential art collector and architect, Ross Bonthorne, Alaska Projects Director Sebastian Goldspink and International Art Services Business Development Manager, Alison Guthrie along with members of the Hannan family.
Three artists based in the Bega Valley are included among the finalists, cementing the regions reputation as a hot spot for artistic prowess.
The 2018 finalists are –
Sally Ryan NSW Yassmin
Kim Leutwyler NSW Jess Red and Green
Melissa Ritchie NSW Game Face
Lucy Culliton NSW Jamie
Jess Mara SA Embrace (self-portrait with daughter)
Claire Bridge VIC Brave not perfect
Carla Fletcher VIC John Butler
Kerry McInnis NSW Mantelpiece Treasure
Lisa Axiotis VIC Reverence
Bronwyn Hill QLD Segments
Ellie Kammer SA Caitlin Stasey, Herself
Genevieve Gadd VIC Portrait of Alicia
Christine Wrest Smith VIC Portrait of Robert Hague
Marie Mansfield NSW The Hyper-realist
Matteo Bernasconi NSW Sweat and Blood, portrait of Robert Whittaker
Adoni Astrinakis VIC Saroo
Nick Stathopoulos NSW Σε γνωρίζω I recognise you
Peter Smeeth NSW I am watching you 2
Ross Potter WA 10 Years
Phil James NSW David James Griggs
Geoff Lonergan NSW Martin Cooper – My life in ruins
Sean Hutton NSW A Meditation on peace
Kevin Goldenbrut VIC Liberty
Joseph O’Gara NSW Weary warrior
Warren Crossett VIC My firstborn (Rebecca)
Mathew Lynn NSW á présent – Justine Ndayi
Alun Rhys Jones NSW Ian
Tim Moorhead NSW Cincuenta Man Self Portrait
Ross Townsend ACT Always Creating
Marcus Callum NSW The Green Man
Todd Simpson VIC Nice Garry
Julian Aubrey Smith VIC Assailed
Tsering Hannaford SA Portrait of Mrs Singh
Bethany Thurtell NSW Subjective
Daevid Anderson WA Sheila
WAVES & WATER @ BVRG
Sun bathers, swimmers, surfers and surf life savers are the stars of a new traveling exhibition from the Australian National Maritime Museum, Waves & Water – Australian beach photography, set to open at the Bega Valley Regional Gallery on Friday 9 December 2016.
Covering Australian beach culture from the 1930s to 2000, the exhibition consists of 35 iconic photographs from seven leading Australian photographers, Max Dupain, Ray Leighton, Jeff Carter, Roger Scott, Ian Lever, Narelle Autio and Anne Zahalka.
Offering differing perspectives of the Australian beach and the people who populate it, the exhibition provides a fascinating insight into beach culture, and how Australia’s photographers have pictured our obsession with sundrenched beaches and the tanned athletic bodies that use it.
One of the most famous photographs featured in the exhibition is Max Dupain’s Sunbaker taken in 1937. Dupain’s photographs show his interest in light, sun, shadow, surf and the horizon lines of the beach while also focusing on the muscularity and athleticism of surf lifesavers and swimmers.
Similarly Ray Leighton, who was immersed in Manly’s surfing community, produced memorable images of his friends surfing and hanging out at a time when long boards ruled the waves, including his classic Boys and their Boards taken in 1938 and Surf Sirens from 1946.
The rise of surfing and subcultures at quintessential holiday sites such as the Gold Coast was one of the topics that independent photographer and author Jeff Carter studied during the 1960s on his surfing safari. His images, shot through a telephoto lens, capture the everyday lives and moments of regular beachgoers and surfers as illustrated in Tribal Gathering (1964).
Underwater photography became the trademark of photojournalist Roger Scott during the 1970s. His images taken in the water were radically different and provided fresh, spontaneous and exuberant images of swimmers diving into the surf or doing handstands.
The exhibition also includes Anna Zahalka’s more recent playful reinterpretations of classic beach photographs and paintings including Max Dupain’s Sunbaker. In these works Zahalka questions stereotypes and the role the beach plays in our national identity, interrogating traditional images of ‘bronzed Aussie’ lifesavers in her photos of pale skinned redheads and burqa-clad swimmers.
Waves & Water opens on Friday 9 December at 11am and will remain on display until Saturday 4 February 2017.
Waves & Water – Australian beach photographs is an Australian National Maritime Museum Travelling Exhibition.
This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.
The BVRG is open Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm and Sat 9 - Noon. Admission to the exhibition is FREE. For further information visit or call 02 6499 2222.
BVRG presents The Art of Dinosaur Designs 14 October - 3 December
The Art of Dinosaur Designs is an exciting new exhibition from artists Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy, featuring a series of large-scale sculptural forms that celebrate the pair’s thirty year creative partnership. Debuting at Bega Valley Regional Gallery, the show is a colourful fusion of art, design and fashion, referencing Olsen and Ormandy’s iconic design label Dinosaur Designs and exploring in a gallery context the artful aesthetic prevalent throughout their work.
Gathering highlights of Olsen and Ormandy’s creative career, The Art of Dinosaur Designs features works such Series 8: Movement (2011), a set of eight disks in dazzling colours commissioned to mark the fifth anniversary of Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA). More recent commissions include Loop (2014), a wall-hung sculpture evocative of “the rhythmic lines created when you drop a rock in a lake” as Olsen describes it. Its soft colour transitions are a contrast to Collar Bone (2014) which is characterised by chroma clashes from orange to blue rendered in a painterly application.
Totem (2016), the most recent of the works on show, is an iconic set of life-sized totems in the artists’ signature resin developed for London Design Week 2016. While developing new vases, Ormandy saw an opportunity to push the boundaries and create larger sculptural forms from interconnected pieces, and as the pieces grew they embodied the characteristics of totem poles. These larger works explore the relationships of form and colour, with a focus on the variation of line and the interplay of bold solid colours which repel and attract.
“We apply the same principles in our art as in our design practice, but with a greater sense of freedom,” says Ormandy. “We tackle each project the way you would tackle a painting or a drawing, really following your eye and allowing those accidents and developments to happen.”
The Art of Dinosaur Designs will launch at Bega Valley Regional Gallery on Friday 14 October 2016. Located half way between Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, and three hours’ drive from the nation’s capital, Canberra, the BVRG is idyllically situated within the Bega Valley Shire on the land of the original custodians, the people of the Yuin Nation. Set in a landscape of pristine wilderness, rich pastures, unspoilt coastline and boutique villages, the BVRG is the region’s only publicly funded gallery and an outpost for contemporary visual culture. The gallery hosts touring exhibitions of national significance along with its own exclusively curated exhibitions as part of its cultural tourism plan. A growing number of national and state arts institutions partner with the BVRG to deliver valuable and vibrant visual arts programming to the South East; the Art Gallery of NSW, the National Maritime Museum, the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art and University of New South Wales Art & Design to name a few.
Says Iain Dawson, Director of Bega Valley Regional Gallery: “Exhibitions like The Art of Dinosaur Designs put regional galleries on a level playing field with the metropolitan institutions. Cultural tourism is growing in Australia and the Bega Valley Regional Gallery sees itself as a small, but perfectly formed, player in that space.”
Says leading gallerist Karen Woodbury: “Dinosaur Designs has been a huge and enduring influence on the visual landscape of Australia. Their pieces have always crossed the boundaries between art and fashion. Scaling up the ideas of form, usually associated with their more domestic sized pieces, allows these works to resonate on an abstract and conceptual level.”
The Art of Dinosaur Designs will show at Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Zingel Place, Bega, from 14 October to 3 December 2016. The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 4pm and Saturday 9.00am till 12.00midday and entry is free.
HEATHER BURNESS | Studio Visit 2016
A new video series by BVRG focusing on professional exhibiting artists working in the Bega Valley Shire.
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Heather Burness is an artist whose print based practice has, for the past 12 years, focused on the cultural and social connection to the flow of water. She has explored shorelines, the flow of groundwater, river flows, and the meeting of fresh and saltwater within Australia, often in places of environmental degradation from over use. There has been influence from Indigenous as well as western scientific thinking and knowledges. Her practice encompasses both quasi performative elements when installations of etching plates are placed within the environment and marked by it, and a studio based development of print works.
She states “These sites are a metaphor for me to explore the nature of being human as a reflection of the world and connectedness or disconnectedness to our environment; a ‘give and take’ system that is mostly out of balance”.
Heather was awarded The Capital Arts Patrons’ Organization (capo) Fellowship in 2011, has a Master of Philosophy from the School of Art at the Australian National University and has exhibited nationally and in group exhibitions internationally. She has works in the collections of Australian regional galleries, The State Library of New South Wales and The National Gallery of Australia. She lectured at the School of Art, ANU, from 1996 to 2009 and in 2011. She also completes edition printing for selected artists under the name of Grey Lady Press.
Notable projects have been prints of string figures by Yolngu makers (part of a research project undertaken by Robyn McKenzie) which were exhibited at the 2010 Garma Festival, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory and at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney in 2013. Grey Lady has also completed works for Yolngu artist Naminapu Maymuru White.
Grey Lady and Heather’s art practice have relocated to Bega on the Far South Coast of NSW.
Jude Rae has been the first visiting artist to work in the new studio.
A solo exhibition of Heather Burness’ upcoming Bega River series is planned for 2019 at Bega Valley Regional Gallery.
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BVRG Director introduces the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award 2018
The 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award
27 October to 8 December 2018
Marcus Callum's oil on linen creation entitled 'Meg' has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award.Marcus Callum wins the Shirley Hannan
Marcus Callum has beaten out an outstanding collection of finalists to win the 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award.
Callum, who trained in Sydney and New York, is a three-time Archibald Prize finalist and won the Black Swan Portrait Prize in 2015.
His oil on linen creation entitled ‘Meg’ attracted the acclaim of Guardian Australia art critic and guest judge, Dr Andrew Frost, who made the announcement at tonight’s opening of the exhibition at the Bega Valley Commemorative Civic Centre.
Dr Frost was impressed with the quality of all the finalists, but reserved glowing praise for the winner.
“Marcus Callum’s painting has an arresting luminosity that matches the sensitivity of the treatment of his subject. It’s also a virtuosic demonstration of contemporary realist portrait painting,” Dr Frost said.
Callum, who picks up $50,000 (Australia’s richest prize for realistic portraiture) for his work said the portrait is about growing up in a complicated, confusing and often extremely frightening world.
“The transition to adulthood can simultaneously be full of joy and fraught with danger. My subject, Meg, stares at the viewer with an uneasy confidence. Despite an uncertain future, she emerges from the darkness as an all-knowing and omnipotent being,” Mr Callum said.
One of Australia's most loved and richest portrait awards, the biennial Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award celebrates realistic portraiture in memory of the Bega Valley Regional Gallery’s eponymous patron.
BVRG presents Sally Robinson 2016 SHNPA Winner
BVRG went behind the scenes with 2016 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award Winner Sally Robinson to discuss her practice, explore her studio and see an exhibition of her works in the iconic Renzo Piano building Aurora Place in Sydney.
One of Australia's most loved and richest portrait awards, the biennial Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award celebrates realistic portraiture in memory of our eponymous patron.
Hannan, a gifted portraitist, was well known in the Bega Valley as a staunch supporter and generous patron of the arts, funded the John Balmain National Award for Portraits and Figure Drawing from 1993 until she re-established it in her own name in 2002 with a substantially increased first prize of $15,000.
A prerequisite for the award was made that those works selected to hang depict their subjects accurately without abstraction and demonstrate a sound skill and knowledge of drawing and painting technique. The award was established with a specific and unremitting realist bent, which continues to this day.
Before her death in 2005, Hannan doubled the prize purse to $30,000 and it was decided to discard the figure drawing component of the prize, concentrating on portraiture alone.
Hannan's husband, Brian Settle, established the Shirley Hannan Trust to perpetuate the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award as a biennial, national portrait prize with a focus on accurate depiction.
In 2012, Hannan's son Peter, himself a talented photographer, paid further tribute to his mother's memory with a generous personal donation of an additional $20,000 bringing the prize purse for subsequent awards to $50,000.
Interview with SHNPA18 winner Marcus Callum
The 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award
27 October to 8 December 2018
Marcus Callum's oil on linen creation entitled 'Meg' has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award.Marcus Callum wins the Shirley Hannan
Marcus Callum has beaten out an outstanding collection of finalists to win the 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award.
Callum, who trained in Sydney and New York, is a three-time Archibald Prize finalist and won the Black Swan Portrait Prize in 2015.
His oil on linen creation entitled ‘Meg’ attracted the acclaim of Guardian Australia art critic and guest judge, Dr Andrew Frost, who made the announcement at tonight’s opening of the exhibition at the Bega Valley Commemorative Civic Centre.
Dr Frost was impressed with the quality of all the finalists, but reserved glowing praise for the winner.
“Marcus Callum’s painting has an arresting luminosity that matches the sensitivity of the treatment of his subject. It’s also a virtuosic demonstration of contemporary realist portrait painting,” Dr Frost said.
Callum, who picks up $50,000 (Australia’s richest prize for realistic portraiture) for his work said the portrait is about growing up in a complicated, confusing and often extremely frightening world.
“The transition to adulthood can simultaneously be full of joy and fraught with danger. My subject, Meg, stares at the viewer with an uneasy confidence. Despite an uncertain future, she emerges from the darkness as an all-knowing and omnipotent being,” Mr Callum said.
One of Australia's most loved and richest portrait awards, the biennial Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award celebrates realistic portraiture in memory of the Bega Valley Regional Gallery’s eponymous patron.
Hannan, a gifted portraitist, and well known in the Bega Valley as a staunch supporter and generous patron of the arts, funded the John Balmain National Award for Portraits and Figure Drawing from 1993 until she re-established it in her own name in 2002 with a substantially increased first prize of $15,000.
A prerequisite for the award was made that those works selected to hang depict their subjects accurately and demonstrate a sound skill and knowledge of drawing and painting technique. The award was established with a specific and unremitting realist bent, which continues to this day.
Contemporising the Modern
Contemporising the modern showcases 50 photographic works that speak of Australia in the 20th and early 21st centuries collected by Russell Mills and donated to the Murray Art Museum Albury, MAMA in 2015. The collection explores the development of Australian photography and its coming of age in a period when photographers were investigating and pushing the boundaries of the acceptance of photography as a pure art form. The collection brings together iconic artists and artworks of the period including Max Dupain, Olive Cotton, Jeff Carter, Roger Scott and Trent Parke.
The Russell Mills Foundation was formed in 2015, on the death of Russell Mills, a nurse and public servant who nurtured interests in reading, art, music and theatre that grew into passions for festivals, books, art, photography, 20th-century architecture, musical theatre and arts philanthropy. The Foundation is a legacy of Russell's ideals. It supports opportunities for Australians to be challenged and enriched by experiences and ideas, and to find inspiration for promoting a fairer, smarter and more engaged community.
SHNPA FINALISTS 2018
35 finalists have been selected for the nation’s most loved and richest realistic portrait prize. A record number of entrants from across the country vied for the chance at the $50,000 award. The Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award is a non-acquisitive prize for realistic portraiture, held biennially at the Bega Valley Regional Gallery on the NSW south coast.
The exhibition will launch on Friday 26th October when the 2018 guest judge, art critic and broadcaster, Dr. Andrew Frost will select the winner from a strong field of contenders.
“This year’s entries were our strongest ever and audiences will see works from past winners, Archibald prize finalists, and many of Australia’s best known portraitists. ‘ said BVRG director Iain Dawson.
The selection committee consisted of Brisbane based gallery director Edwina Corlette, influential art collector and architect, Ross Bonthorne, Alaska Projects Director Sebastian Goldspink and International Art Services Business Development Manager, Alison Guthrie along with members of the Hannan family.
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Guest Judge, art critic and broadcaster Dr Andrew Frost announces the winner of the SHNPA18
The 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award
27 October to 8 December 2018
Marcus Callum's oil on linen painting entitled 'Meg' has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award.Marcus Callum wins the Shirley Hannan
Marcus Callum has beaten out an outstanding collection of finalists to win the 2018 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award.
Callum, who trained in Sydney and New York, is a three-time Archibald Prize finalist and won the Black Swan Portrait Prize in 2015.
His oil on linen creation entitled ‘Meg’ attracted the acclaim of Guardian Australia art critic and guest judge, Dr Andrew Frost, who made the announcement at tonight’s opening of the exhibition at the Bega Valley Commemorative Civic Centre.
Dr Frost was impressed with the quality of all the finalists, but reserved glowing praise for the winner.
“Marcus Callum’s painting has an arresting luminosity that matches the sensitivity of the treatment of his subject. It’s also a virtuosic demonstration of contemporary realist portrait painting,” Dr Frost said.
Callum, who picks up $50,000 (Australia’s richest prize for realistic portraiture) for his work said the portrait is about growing up in a complicated, confusing and often extremely frightening world.
“The transition to adulthood can simultaneously be full of joy and fraught with danger. My subject, Meg, stares at the viewer with an uneasy confidence. Despite an uncertain future, she emerges from the darkness as an all-knowing and omnipotent being,” Mr Callum said.
One of Australia's most loved and richest portrait awards, the biennial Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award celebrates realistic portraiture in memory of the Bega Valley Regional Gallery’s eponymous patron.
Hannan, a gifted portraitist, and well known in the Bega Valley as a staunch supporter and generous patron of the arts, funded the John Balmain National Award for Portraits and Figure Drawing from 1993 until she re-established it in her own name in 2002 with a substantially increased first prize of $15,000.
A prerequisite for the award was made that those works selected to hang depict their subjects accurately and demonstrate a sound skill and knowledge of drawing and painting technique. The award was established with a specific and unremitting realist bent, which continues to this day.
Balnhdhurr – A Lasting Impression
Join Yirrkala printmaker’s Bawu Gurruwiwi, Bitharr Maymuru and Munuy’ngu Marika as they introduce their Art Centre and Print Space in Miwatj Country.
Video produced by the Mulka Project, Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre and Artback NT.
Camera: Gutingarra Yunupingu, Sound: Mundatjnggu Mununggurr and Voice over by Bulmiri Yunupingu
In a remote corner of Arnhem Land sits Yirrkala Print Space, where, for over twenty years, the ancient craft of printmaking has not only survived, but prospered. A celebratory exhibition of this print space, Balnhdhurr – A Lasting Impression is presented by Artback NT in association with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre.
Balnhdhurr – A Lasting Impression is a vibrant acknowledgement of the creative energies, talent and commitment of generations of Yolngu artists who have utilised and pushed the boundaries of such a medium to share significant cultural and historical stories.
‘Printmaking is a guild craft and there are very few professional printmakers in the country so it is a surprise that a hotspot of this very technical and demanding skill is in remote Yirrkala in Far East Arnhem Land and has been for twenty years’, said Will Stubbs, co-ordinator of Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre.
Louise Partos, Artback NT’s Executive Officer, agreed adding ‘Balnhdhurr is also an opportunity to celebrate the work of Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, one of Australia’s most extraordinarily influential and dynamic art centres dedicated to the maintenance and preservation of Yolngu law and culture’.
With works from 50 artists, this exhibition includes prints that are historically significant. The Berndt Etchings series talks about the Berndt Crayon Drawings of Yirrkala, produced by the artists’ predecessors in 1947, while String Figure Prints are a response to another archaeological collection from 1948. Pieces in Balnhdhurr also reveal the significant impact the introduction of bright acrylics had on artists, which allowed them to explore a whole new genre of artistic storytelling that became a joyous explosion of colour and expression.
“Every print has to be the design of the artist’s own clan or connecting clan. The design has to be done very carefully so as not to mix them up, and to understand their story. We have to talk about it with other people in that clan, so when the design is printed there is no problem. It’s a similar idea to the traditional designs used in the bark paintings and the wood carving, but in printmaking we get the direction from our elders to design the image of the outside story only. In the workshop a lot of Yolngu come and watch what we do in the print studio so they can understand the process.”
Marrnyula Mununggurr and Mundul Wunungmurra Mununggurr Balnhdhurr is a coming together of cultures and time, providing an opportunity for a wider audience to recognise the accomplishments of a sustainable, functional and thriving print studio operating in an isolated landscape. Yirrkala Print Space began in 1995 when a purpose built area was designed to host a printing press. With over 800 editions by 137 produced through the studio since then, Yirrkala Print Space has become an integral and vital component of the community.
FLORA AUSTRALIS | Australian Artists & the Floral Still Life
TVC for BVRG exhibition 11March - 11 June 2016
The Shirl National Youth Portrait Prize
Bega Valley Regional Gallery Director IAIN DAWSON speaks to guest judge of THE SHIRL, acclaimed young Australian multidisciplinary artist ABDUL ABDULLAH.
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