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Torres Strait Islander artist Bruce Rivett - "Artist in Residence" until end of June 2010
Red Desert Gallery supports local emerging indigenous artists, and Bruce Rivett who paints his customary kin stories from the Torres Strait is resident at the gallery two to three days a week.
Bruce ia a 3rd generation Meriam (Murray Island, Torres Strait) on his Mothers side - Ethel Godai Williams (Langtree) has been a professional artist since 1985 with paintings sold to collectors throughout the world.
Born on the 13th October 1969 at Brisbane’s Mater Hospital. In 1972 Bruce’s family moved from Breakfast Creek Brisbane to Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. From the age of five he enjoyed watching his uncles, artists Mark & Colin Rigby, laying colour & design. This inspired bruce who excelled in art during his schooling at Buderim Primary, & Burnside State High Nambour.
His work is a contemporary representation of stories associated with his Torres Strait island ancestry including "Ocean life" in his very unique style. |
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“Song Lines and Ceremony” a connection with country
26th November - 7th January 2010
 Strong powerful paintings with distinctive style and technique, many created through song depicting mythological events of ancestors and sacred sites. “Song Lines and Ceremony” features contemporary collectible pieces by higher-ranking women from the “Kintore” and “Kiwirrkura” region including Ningura Napurrula whose work is represented in Australian National galleries and her signature black and white motif superimposed on the ceiling of Musée du quai Branly (MQB) in Paris. |
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"Sacred Stories"
March - June 2009 Main Gallery
 Red Desert Gallery will feature exclusive artworks from central desert artists who depict sacred stories with designs embracing the power and splendor of our land.
One of our featured artists
Lynette Corby Nungurrayi
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"Rockholes and Claypans"
December 2008 - February 2009 Collectors Lounge
A prime medley of colourful art featuring "Rockholes and Claypans" with narrative from some of the most remote desert regions of Australia.
A claypan is a dense, compact, slowly permeable layer in the subsoil having a much higher clay content than the overlying material, from which it is separated by a sharply defined boundary. Claypans are usually hard when dry, and plastic and sticky when wet.
A showcase of select artworks from both female and male central desert artists who feature important water sources in their homelands emphasizing their geographical connections to the land and it's delicate resources.
One of our featured artists (left): Pamela Morgan Napaltjarri
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"In the footsteps of Masters" Artists in Residence at Red Desert Gallery
Opening 11.30am Sunday 12 October 2008 - All welcome Main Gallery
The women express their relationship and intimate knowledge of their country through their paintings and their work maintains a connectedness to land and culture providing a means of passing on important knowledge to the younger generations.
The exhibition presents intensely colorful canvases based on ancient tradition and the artists’ bond to the land using
a repertoire of imagery.
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CEREMONY & SANDHILLS
MAIN GALLERY - EUMUNDI
September - January
 An exhibition of distinctive works by leading Western Desert Artists exploring the notion of rhythm, pattern and intention.
Featured Artist:
Makinti Napanangka who was awarded the coveted $40,000 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (August 2008) |
THE NOOSA LONG WEEKEND – ART TRAIL - CURATORS TALK
MAIN GALLERY - EUMUNDI
When: Friday 11th July 2008
Time: 11am Cost: FREE
They had never seen a white man before, worn clothes or seen a motor vehicle and they thought the airplanes they had observed flying overhead were mamu (ghosts).
One of the highly acclaimed artists at Red Desert Gallery is Walala Tjapaltjarri. He and his family walked out from their traditional country in the Western Desert into the small community at Kiwirrkura Township in October 1984 near the Western Australian border following the death of a tribal elder.
They were known as 'The Lost Tribe' or 'Pintupi Nine' which created international headlines. Until this time Walala and his family followed the traditional and nomadic life of a hunter-gatherer society in the country of Lake Mackay roaming between waterholes nearby in Central Australia, naked except for human-hair belts, armed with 2m spears and intricately carved boomerangs. Walala said they lived a simple life, staying at a waterhole until it dried up and then moving to another. Their diet was mostly goanna and rabbit.
As part of the Noosa Long Weekend Paul Curtis, Curator Red Desert Gallery will talk about Walala and other renowned "Pintupi" artists (originally from the Western Desert region) and their historical journey and settlement during migration out of their traditional homelands to the outskirts of White settlements. Paintings by leading elders and tribe members George “Hairbrush” Tjungurrayi, Walangkura Napanangka, Pantjiya Nungurrayi, Makinti Napanangka, Joy Maxwell Nampijimpa are also featured.
This Pintupi Masters' exhibition explores the ties to ritual practice, representation of important sacred sites in ancestral country, and stories (dreamings) across the desert regions.
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WARLPIRI WOMEN
1 JUNE - 30 SEPTEMBER 2008 COLLECTORS LOUNGE - EUMUNDI
An intimate focus on "Warlpiri Women" with award winning artists
Dorothy Napangardi, Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri & Lily Kelly Napangardi
and their contrasting narratives and aesthetic will feature in our Collector's Lounge till the end of September 2008
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PINTUPI MASTERS
MARCH - JULY 2008
MAIN GALLERY - EUMUNDI
(Curator's selection of paintings still available)
The Pintupi Masters exhibition features highly collectable and eye-catching paintings by leading tribe members; George “Hairbrush” Tjungurrayi, Walangkura Napanangka, Pantjiya Nungurrayi, Makinti Napanangka.
George "Hairbrush" Tjungurrayi, one of the grand masters of Aboriginal art has painted purposely for this exclusive exhibition.
Paul Curtis, Curator, Red Desert Gallery said "George, affectionately known as ‘Hairbrush', is one of the most significant and collectable artists in Australia today and is considered to be one of the most respected senior artists from the Western Desert"
Born c.1947 near Kiwirrkurra in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia, George "Hairbrush" Tjungurrayi's artwork is an important part of collections in the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Other leading tribe members who have traveled across the desert for this exhibition to create and share their distinctive dreamtime and ceremonial paintings are mother, Pantjiya Nungurrayi, born c.1936 near Haasts Bluff prior to establishment of the Haasts Bluff Mission and her daughter Joy Maxwell Nampijimpa.
Pantjiya is the widow of George Tjangala (deceased) one of the founders of the Papunya Tula Art Movement. Her first contact with Europeans was as a young girl meeting men riding camels distributing rations. Commencing painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996 her art is now highly sought-after.
Amazing and prominent paintings by Walangkura Napanangka are also display.
The works of art represent and symbolically capture important sacred sites located in their ancestral country and stories of extensive journeys by their Pintupi Ancestors across the desert regions.
Language & Location:
The Pintupi language group and tribal country is situated in the Gibson Desert some 600 klms west of Alice Springs. It is home to many of Australia's most recognised and highly acclaimed Aboriginal artists.
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 Sunday 5 April 2009 - Art Walk
Red Desert Gallery is proud to be part of this inaugural event
Galleries from Eumundi’s ‘Memorial Drive’ have teamed together to show art lovers, both locals and tourists, that Eumundi is a destination not just for markets but for quality artwork, by creating a fold-out guide to the galleries.
The launch of the map on Sunday will see visitors take their own treasure hunt as they explore the galleries, before heading to Treefellers Restaurant for an evening of drinks, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment by much-loved musicians Tijuana Cartel.
Each gallery will be hosting something special of their own on the day, including demonstrations and new exhibitions.
Pre-booked $25 tickets for the day and night include the Art Walk (each gallery will provide their own treats), a drink upon arrival at Treefellers, hors d'ouerves and a night of music by Tijuana Cartel.
Next Art Walk date to be advised!
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