current Exhibitions
Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands) | Watercolour Monotype Prints
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of unique monotype prints by Iltja Njarra (Many Hands) artists Hubert Pareroultja, Vanessa Inkamala, Mervyn Rubuntja, Reinhold Inkamala, Selma Nunay Coulthard, Dellina Inkamala and Kathy Inkamala.
Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands) is the home of the Hermannsburg School of artists, aptly named and honouring the late Albert Namatjira, a renowned watercolour artist. These watercolour artists continue to paint in the tradition of their Aranda grandfather and relative, resonating in a legacy of Western Aranda watercolour artists of Central Australia. Each of the seven artists represented in this exhibition builds upon this legacy in the individual styles of their watercolour monotype prints, depicting the iconic landscapes of the West and East Macdonnell Ranges including Rutijpma (Mt Sonder), Urrampinyi (Tempe Downs), Yaparlpa (Glen Helen Gorge) and Mt Gillen.
Monotype printmaking is arguably the most painterly of the traditional printmaking techniques. As with paint to canvas, the method involves the application of paint to a clean, flat sheet (print matrix), typically a non-porous sheet of metal, glass or acrylic. However, unlike painting, the image is then transferred onto paper through a printing press, directed in this project by master printer Michael Kempson, Founder & Director, Cicada Press. This transfer of paint to paper is made only once, making each print a unique work – a unique state. It is a beautiful and almost-symbolic medium to express the ongoing evolution and investment in the culturally significant Hermannsburg School style of Namatjira watercolour artists.
Hubert Pareroultja, Vanessa Inkamala, Mervyn Rubuntja, Reinhold Inkamala, Selma Nunay Coulthard, Dellina Inkamala and Kathy Inkamala epitomise the distinct visual language of Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands) and the celebrated Hermannsburg School manner of watercolour painting. Their monotype prints will be exhibited online in the Alcaston Gallery Online Viewing Room and available for private viewings at the Alcaston Gallery Head Office, Level 3, 50 Market Street Melbourne from 18 September – 8 November 2024.
© The Artists, Iltja Ntjarra and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2024
West MacDonnell Ranges (Central Australia Landscape)
$3,800 AUD
AK23382
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Pedro Wonaeamirri • Ngiya Purrungbarri – My Bark Painting
Alcaston Gallery is honoured to present Pedro Wonaeamirri's exhibition Ngiya Purrungbarri – My Bark Painting, the first exclusively bark exhibition of Wonaeamirri's career.
As one of the few Tiwi people of his generation who speaks old or classic Tiwi, Wonaeamirri’s contemporary art practice is steeped in Tiwi tradition. His commanding paintings on bark reveal a profound knowledge of heritage, meticulously depicting the Jilamara (design) with artistic confidence and an exceptional sense of ...
