| ISBN |
9781921668494 |
| Author |
Cumpston, Nici (author) (curator.) |
| Title |
Tarnanthi : Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art 2021 / Nici Cumpston. |
| Other title |
Tarnanthi 2021 |
| Tarnanthi twenty twenty one |
| Tarnanthi two thousand and twenty one |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, [2021] |
| Adelaide : Graphic Print Group. |
| ©2021. |
| Description |
272 pages : colour illustrations, map, portraits ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
Edited by Barry Patton. |
| Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same title, held at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 15 October 2021 - 30 January 2022. |
| Cultural Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are respectfully warned that this publication may contain the names and images of people who have passed away. |
| Summary |
"Tarnanthi at AGSA features artists from around the country, forming a nationwide survey of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. Exhibition highlights include the ?surreal? worldview of John Prince Siddon, Timo Hogan?s desert homeland triptych, Gwenneth Blitner?s tropical landscapes of Gulf Country, Tiwi ochre paintings and Angelina Karadada Boona?s contemporising of Wandjina rock art. Also on display are works by Ntaria (Hermannsburg) artists who have found inspiration in a desert spring. Water also flows through Teho Ropeyarn?s giant prints and Djerrk?u Yunupi?u shares the story of her conception as a mermaid. Sisters Kathy and Tracey Ramsay call up their homeland, Karen Mills? paintings layer pigments and meaning, while vivid desert canvases spring from the Western Desert and the An?angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, by artists including Katjarra Butler, Doris Bush Nungarrayi, Nyunmiti Burton, Yaritji Young, Taylor Wanyima Cooper, Witjiti George, Alec Baker, Kaylene Whiskey and artists from Tjungu Palya and Ninuku Arts. Elsewhere in the Gallery, Gail Mabo?s sculptures chart the Torres Strait, Minyma Kutjarra artists revive discarded car parts as painted sculptures, while Waringarri artists transform boab nuts to take flight. Also inspired by birds, Christina Gollan conjures in clay while corellas animate the blue Barkindji sky of Kent Morris?s latest work. A collection-inspired display titled Keepers of culture brings together baskets, bark paintings and spirit figures alongside recent woven works made for Tarnanthi by Ngarrindjeri, Ngadjuri, Narungga and Wirangu artist Sonya Rankine. Julie Gough initiates an unsettling dialogue with colonial paintings and furniture from AGSA?s collection, and Maree Clarke presents large-scale necklaces made from reeds and feathers, echidna quills and found and cast-glass kangaroo teeth." -- AGSA website. |
| Terms of use |
Culturally sensitive |
| Subjects |
Tarnanthi(6th :2021 :Adelaide, S.A) |
| Art - Objects and installations |
| Art - Painting |
| Art - Print and printmaking |
| Art - Sculpture - Carving - Wood |
| Art - Sculpture - Hollow log |
| Art - Ceramics |
| Art - Crafts - Baskets and basketmaking |
| Material culture - Bird feather objects and decorations |
| Technology - Dilly bags |
| Technology - Fibre - Nets |
| History - Biographies - Indigenous |
| Art - Exhibitions |
| Art - Artists |
| Festivals -- South Australia -- Adelaide |
| Ethnic festivals -- South Australia -- Adelaide |
| Art festivals -- South Australia -- Adelaide |
| Art, Australian -- Aboriginal artists -- 21st century -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- South Australia -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- South Australia -- 21st century |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- 21st century -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Torres Strait Islander -- 21st century -- Exhibitions |
| Ethnic festivals -- Australia -- Adelaide (S.A.) |
| Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02) |
| Amata / Tjungutu Uwankaraaku (SA Central Australia SG52-12) |
| Pukatja / Ernabella (SA Central Australia SG53-09) |
| Mparntwe / Alice Springs (South Central NT SF53-14) |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Patton, Barry (editor) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
Art Gallery of South Australia |
| Call number |
2022.190 |
