Mbantua Fine Art Gallery

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Emily Kame Kngwarreye: 1916-1996

Until Fri. 31 Oct 08

This is a long term exhibition

Bookings & Enquiries: [08] 8941 6611

Emily Kame Kngwarreye: 1916-1996 is our current Cultural Museum exhibition which opened in April 2007 and will run for approximately 18 months.

In April 2007, Japanese delegates toured our Gallery and Museum gathering information for their upcoming Emily exhibition with the National Museum of Australia. Earlier that month, we opened our 3rd Cultural Museum exhibition: Emily Kame Kngwarreye: 1916-1996. We invite you to visit our Cultural Museum in Alice Springs to view this exhibition first hand and witness the extraordinary career of Emily and how she affected people all over the world.

Emily passed away in 1996 at the age of around 80 years, leaving a legacy of paintings and a bridge between two very different cultures. Before painting, Emily was involved in batik workshops held at Utopia during the 1980’s which was exhibited in Australia and abroad. In the late 1980’s, Emily began painting with acrylics on canvas. One of her earliest pieces, featured in our exhibition, shows her brief conformism before she freely expressed herself and all that embodied her, taking the art world by storm.

As a senior female custodian for Alhalkere country in the Utopia region, Emily had a responsibility to teach younger women not only hunting and dancing, but also the Dreamtime stories belonging to Alhalkere country. One of her most important stories was that of Atnwelarr, the pencil yam, which is a major subject of her paintings. That being said, Emily famously quoted that she paints ‘whole lot’.

“I particularly loved creating this exhibition, comprising of artwork from Mbantua Gallery’s Permanent

Collection, and be able to learn many new things about Emily, one of Australia’s most respected artists. This exhibition also has some great displays of photographs and information; it’s well worth a visit.”
Dale Jennings, Curator

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Landscape Paintings

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Until Wed. 31 Dec 08

This is a long term exhibition
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