Cooee Art 35 years in 3 & a half minutes
Cooee Art is Australia's oldest exhibiting Indigenous art gallery with an impressive international profile and over 35 years experience collecting and exhibiting Aboriginal artworks.
Since first working with Aboriginal artists in 1981 Cooee has mounted more than 300 art exhibitions in Australia and overseas while building one of Australia’s largest collections of Aboriginal art.
Cooee Art’s boutique Bondi gallery situated a short walk from Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, offers a unique and informative insight into the world of Australian Aboriginal art. Spread over two floors the gallery boast one of Australia's largest stockrooms of over 3000 Indigenous works, including historically important bark paintings, artefacts, and early desert boards as well as high quality contemporary Aboriginal paintings, sculpture and limited edition fine art prints. The Paddington gallery situated in Sydney'spremium arts hub, features a lively exhibition program focused on contemporary Indigenous artists from both urban and remote communities.
In 2014 gallery Founding director Adrian Newstead OAM, published the acclaimed book ‘The Dealer is the Devil: An Insider’s History of the Aboriginal Art World’.
Cooee Art MarketPlace - The Michael Chandler Estate | Bondi
Welcome to the first Cooee Art MarketPlace Aboriginal Fine Art offering for 2019. Our June 4th multi-vendor auction features 105 lots including 36 works from the estate of collector and art enthusiast Mike Chandler. The estimated value is $750,000 - $1.4 million.
Mike Chandler was a close friend and client who patronised Cooee and other prominent galleries around Australia. For more than 2 decades Mike, and his delightful wife Barbie were welcome additions to any art event or exhibition. Though Barbie’s death two years ago affected him deeply, he still made an effort to visit galleries, exhibitions and to champion Aboriginal art amongst his family and friends. We will miss him greatly. The paintings from his estate are offered as Lots 46 – 75 preceded by a short tribute. These artworks will be on display in our Bondi showroom with a special event on Saturday 1st June at 2pm.
- AUCTION | VIEWING | PADDINGTON 31st May to 4th June 2019 10:00am - 5:00pm
- VIEWING The Michael Chandler Estate — 1st June 2019 2:00 -
4:00pm 31 Lamrock Avenue, NSW, 2026
- AUCTION 4th June 2019 7:00 - 9:00 pm 326 Oxford Street Paddington NSW 2026 Australia
TOP 15 BONDI Attractions (Things to Do & See)
Best Bondi attractions or things to do in Bondi - Greater Sydney can be found in this youtube video. All best places to visit in Bondi or what to or where to go in Bondi listed from 1 to 15.
Bondi has popular beach called Tamarama Beach. This beach is one of best places to surfing in Australia or Sydney. Visitors come here also can take sunbathing in this white sands beach.
Looking for best scenic views in Bondi? You must visit one of the must see places in Bondi, North Bondi Lookout. Other than this, just visit Sam Fiszman Park, this garden also has great scenic views. Or just go do Bondi Iceburg Club, views of the beach are beautiful here.
Westifield Bondi Junction is one of the main attractions for tourist in Bondi. This shopping malls always crowd by visitor everyday. Alternatvie one of Westfield Bondi Junction (if you are not interested in shopping malls) is just go to Bondi Markets.
Looking for art galleries in Bondi? Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery is the must visit places in Bondi for you. If you interested in Aboriginal Art, this is the best places where you must go while in Bondi.
Others Bondi tourist attractions or things to do list in Bondi is OceanFit sports camps, Lets Go Surfing (surfing lesson and activities), enjoy the food and beverages or some entertainment in Speakeasy Bar, Bondi Bowling Club, Tea Gardens and The Corner House. Or just want to enjoy your time in open air movie theatres on Bondi Openair Cinema.
Thats all about best tourist attractions in Bondi. Hope after watch this video, you will know what things to do in Bondi or where to go in Bondi (best places to visit). Explore Australia, visit Bondi.
The Life of Adrian Newstead OAM from ordinary to Aboriginal Art Expert
Adrian Newstead OAM is recognized for his contribution to Aboriginal Art in Australia and as the Owner of Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Art Consultant and Author. Adrian grew up with the desperate fear that he would be ordinary and instead he has turned out quite extraordinary. Adrian has actively supported Australian ethnic art and the artists who produce it for many years and is viewed by many as the man behind the the promotion of our beautiful ethnic art landscape.
Adrian Newstead OAM established Cooee Aboriginal art Gallery in 1981. A former President of the Indigenous Art Trade Association and Director of Aboriginal Tourism Australia he became the Head of Aboriginal Art for Lawson~Menzies in 2003, and Managing Director of Menzies Art Brands until 2008. An Aboriginal art consultant, dealer, and art commentator, based in Bondi, NSW, he has more that 30 years experience working in Aboriginal and Australian Contemporary art.
Adrian Newstead began working with Aboriginal communities in 1981 when Coo-ee Emporium (founded with Louise Ferrier) held the first exhibition for Tiwi Design of Bathurst Island. By 1985, when prominent Aboriginal identity Joe Croft became a partner in the business, Aboriginal art had become its primary interest. The company organised more than 100 exhibitions of Aboriginal art in Australia and overseas during the following decade.
As a prominent retailer in Sydney's Paddington precinct through the 1980s and 1990s, Adrian acted as the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the joint working party between Woollahra and South Sydney Councils for more than a decade. In that role he steered the rezoning and streetscape refurbishments of this lively tourism precinct through both councils.
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Cooee Art MarketPlace - Paddington
Welcome to the first Cooee Art MarketPlace Aboriginal Fine Art offering for 2019. Our June 4th multi-vendor auction features 105 lots including 36 works from the estate of collector and art enthusiast Mike Chandler. The estimated value is $750,000 - $1.4 million.
Mike Chandler was a close friend and client who patronised Cooee and other prominent galleries around Australia. For more than 2 decades Mike, and his delightful wife Barbie were welcome additions to any art event or exhibition. Though Barbie’s death two years ago affected him deeply, he still made an effort to visit galleries, exhibitions and to champion Aboriginal art amongst his family and friends. We will miss him greatly. The paintings from his estate are offered as Lots 46 – 75 preceded by a short tribute. These artworks will be on display in our Bondi showroom with a special event on Saturday 1st June at 2pm.
Sale highlights include a highly significant early Papunya board by Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka (Lot No. 16) that has been returned to Australia from the US. Women’s Dreaming, 1972, 63 x 72.5 cm, estimated at $40,000-60,000, is believed to be the only painting that Scobie created during the Bardon years. An illustration of this work and accompanying notes including a copy of the original field note and drawing is reproduced in Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon’s magnum opus on the origins of the Western Desert Painting Movement.*
An even earlier Papunya board, Lot No.15, is a genuine sleeper. Created in 1971 it was just the forth painting ever created by Johnny Warrangkula Tjupurrula and carries the very conservative estimate of $8,000-11,000.
Contemporary urban works by Lin Onus and Richard Bell stand out in this offering. Major works by Onus have been hotly contested in recent sales. Smaller works on illustration board are very tightly held by their owners as they are both beautiful and exceedingly rare. Gumurring Garkman, 1994 is a delightful image in Lin’s most successful style. Used as the template for one of Onus’s most enduringly popular fine art prints, this original work is estimated at $50,000-60,000 (Lot 21). A treasure awaiting any discriminating collector.
Richard Bell’s, A White Hero for Black Australia, presents one of the most iconic sporting images of all time in the artist’s signature graphic style. The subject is the medal ceremony for the 200-metres at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Peter Norman, Australia’s five-time national champion stands with African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos. More than just a compliant bystander, it was Norman who procured the Human Rights badges they wore, and Norman who suggested the black athletes share the same pair of gloves. The work measuring 100 x 150 cm is estimated $25,000-35,000 (Lot 20).
Other works worthy of note are the stunning pair of Mokoy Spirits by Telstra Art Award winner Nawurapu Wunugmurra(Lot 24) (Est $10,000-15,000), a lovely offering of 10 small boards depicting aspects of the Old Texas cattle station by Queenie McKenzie ( Est $15,000-20,000), a magnificent major work by Minnie Pwerle with a very contemporary edge (Lot 36, Est. $25,000-35,000), and a number of fine works by Emily Kame Kngwarreye. The sale is peppered with a number of lovely old bark paintings by Arnhem Land masters and several 19th and early 20th century artefacts.
We look forward to hearing from you or seeing you in person in the lead up to the auction. The quality of the artworks on offer is exceptional and our buyer’s premium is only 20% - less than that of other auction houses. You can discover a wealth of information on all of the major artists whose works are included in this catalogue as well as detailed information about the content and subjects of the artworks, on our website.
- AUCTION | VIEWING | PADDINGTON 31st May to 4th June 2019 10:00am - 5:00pm
- VIEWING The Michael Chandler Estate — 1st June 2019 2:00 - 4:00pm 31 Lamrock Avenue, NSW, 2026
- AUCTION 4th June 2019 7:00 - 9:00 pm 326 Oxford Street Paddington NSW 2026 Australia
The Bright, The Bold & The Beautiful Opening Night Speech
The Bright, The Bold & The Beautiful is a wonderful exhibition of female Aboriginal artists, held at Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Bondi Beach, Sydney.
The exhibition opened on International Women's Day on Thursday 8th March 2012.
Special guests Rosella Namok, renowned Lockhart River artist and Jenny Kee, acclaimed artist and designer, and radio host Lola Forester of Koori Radio opened the exhibition.
For more information, head to our website, cooeart.com.au
Collaboration (5)
Lin Onus/Shaike I am Art Snir, Tiriki Onus, July 2004
Sculpture at the Beach Opening - Computer.m4v
To be opened by author, futurist, social commentator and collector
Richard Neville.
To coincide with Sculpture By The Sea, this exhibition showcases three artists who share a studio space in Maroubra. They have diverse backgrounds; environmentalism, medicine and metal working. They use diverse
materials; aluminium, wood, bronze, glass and steel. They have diverse influences; abstraction and formalism to funk and surrealism. They do, however, share a common passion for sculpture to be exhibited together for the first
time at Coo-ee Art Gallery.