Tracks we share : contemporary art of the Pilbara
2022
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Tracks we share: contemporary art of the Pilbara celebrates the Aboriginal artists and artwork of Western Australia's Pilbara region in a landmark exhibition opening 11 March 2022 at The Art Gallery of Western Australia. A collaboration between FORM; The Art Gallery of Western Australia; Aboriginal art centres Cheeditha Art Group, Juluwarlu Art Group, Martumili Artists, Spinifex Hill Studio, and Yinjaa-Barni Art; and independent artists Katie West, Curtis Taylor, and Jill Churnside; Tracks We Share brings together more than 70 artists and over 200 artworks.This extraordinary body of work features the most exciting contemporary art coming out of the region while paying homage to the legacy that has informed it, offering a rare and broad-reaching insight into the region's artistic output over the years. The exhibition is one of the final stages in a multi-year project that maps the breadth of the region's diverse creative practice and honours the unique space the Pilbara's Aboriginal artists have carved out amongst contemporary Australian art. he title of the show was devised by a group of the exhibiting artists and references the many language groups and diverse Country of the Pilbara, while acknowledging the physical, cultural and artistic tracks that connect them all. Culturally sensitive.
Main title:
Tracks we share : contemporary art of the Pilbara / project producer, FORM ; contributors, Clothilde Bullen, Chad Creighton, Nici Cumpston, Stephen Gilchrist, Glenn Iseger-Pilkingon, Tui Raven.
Author:
Bullen, Clothilde, contributorCreighton, Chad, contributorCumpston, Nici, contributorGilchrist, Stephen, contributorIseger-Pilkington, Glenn, contributorRaven, Tui, contributorForum for Research in Maputaland, issuing bodyArt Gallery of Western Australia, host institution
Imprint:
[Perth, W.A.] : FORM, 2022.©2022
Collation:
227 pages : colour illustrations, map, portraits ; 30 cm.
Contents:
From the artists and art centresForewords ; The State Government of Western Australia ; FORM, building a state of creativity ; The Art Gallery of Western AustraliaIntroductionPower and presence: the art and artists of the Pilbara / by Stephen GilchristNot fixed, always changing: curating, artmaking, and the PilbaraRe-weaving the threads of connection / by Katie WestArt centres ; Cheeditha Art Group ; Juluwarlu Art Group ; Yinjaa-Barni Art ; Spinifex Hill Studio ; Martumili ArtistsExhibiting artistsArt centre locationsArtworks ; When the tide flows out: coastal lands ; Carved into the landscape: Yindjibarndi Country ; From Port Hedland to Marble Bar: town life ; Big colour: abstraction, expression and healing ; A hard life in those days: station work ; I'm holding on to my country: Desert Nguura ; Just get in front so I can take a photo of you!: through a Martu lens ; Danger place, this side: salt lake and fire country ; Old people, young people working together: Kujungka (working together as one) ; We belong to this land: KarlamilyiArtist and contributor biographiesAcknowledgements and partners.
ISBN:
9780994472755 (pbk)9780994472755
Dewey class:
704.039915709.9413704.039
Language:
English
Subject:
Art Gallery of Western Australia -- Exhibitions -- CatalogsArt, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- PilbaraArt, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions -- CatalogsPainting, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- ExhibitionsArt, Australian -- Aboriginal artists -- ExhibitionsArtists, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- ExhibitionsPilbara (W.A.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st centuryArt - ExhibitionsArt - ArtistsPilbara area (WA SF50, SF51, SG50)Exhibition catalogs
BRN:
526400
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 704.039 TRA | Available |