previous Exhibitions
ARANDA COUNTRY•PAINTINGS ON PAPER | AN ARCHIVAL RELEASE BY THE HERMANNSBURG POTTERS
Alcaston Gallery presents a series of framed paintings on paper by Hermannsburg Potters that exemplify the diverse and exciting art of the Western Aranda people.
These paintings of flora, birds, bush tucker and landscapes of West Aranda Country in the Northern Territory give context and connection to iconic Ntaria/Hermannsburg art movements. Painted in 1995 by several of the emerging Hermannsburg Potters, this archival release from Alcaston Gallery celebrates Aranda Country and the renowned Hermannsburg School of artists founded by Albert Namatjira.
At the time of painting these works, an emerging generation of Western Aranda artists had just founded the groundbreaking ceramic art movement, the Hermannsburg Potters. These artists would go on to become master ceramists and painters in their own right including Irene Mbitjana Entata, Carol Panangka Rontji and Judith Pungarta Inkamala, who was recently invited to present a major solo presentation at Tarnanthi 2023 at the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.
Aranda Country • Paintings on Paper is on exhibition at the Alcaston Gallery Exhibition Space, 84 William Street Melbourne/Naarm from 8 May – 31 May 2024 in conjunction with new ceramic works by the Hermannsburg Potters in AFL Footy in Aranda Country Award.
© Hermannsburg Potters and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2024
Please note that images of work by deceased First Nation Australians are contained within this exhibition.
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 ...
Nellie Ngampa Coulthard •Ngura Itjanungka – Country After Rain
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present Nellie Ngampa Coulthard’s fifth solo exhibition Ngura Itjanungka - Country After Rain.
Coulthard’s paintings of Yankunytjatjara Country are refined in both technique and composition. Accenting bold pinks, golden browns and burnt oranges - the colours of the central and eastern deserts of Australia – her paintings are defined by the outstretched linear branches of the Acacia Murrayana Wattle that sit at the heart of her ...
Sydney Contemporary 2024
At Sydney Contemporary 2024, Alcaston Gallery is proud to present a curated selection of significant work by leading Australian contemporary artists whose practice inspires and challenges the national and international perception of the Australian landscape, Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu, Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Dean Smith and the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924 - 2015) - four artists intrinsically connected to a particular landscape or skyscape ...
ALCASTON GALLERY COLLECTORS EXHIBITION•MIND MAPPING COLOUR - ALL ABOUT ARTISTS 2024
'colour is always more than colours'....
Alcaston Gallery presents Mind Mapping Colour – All About Artists, a significant collectors' exhibition featuring paintings and sculptures from some of Australia’s most influential and eminent contemporary artists.
The second instalment in Alcaston Gallery’s Counterpoint series, Mind Mapping Colour – All About Artists showcases important work by represented and exhibiting artists Karen ...
Adrian Jurra Tjungurrayi •Yunala Tjukurrpa
Alcaston Gallery is proud to present Adrian Jurra Tjungurrayi’s first ever solo exhibition Yunala Tjukurrpa.
Tjungurrayi is an emerging contemporary Pintupi artist, whose paintings of meandering lines and geometric forms create compositions that oscillate on the canvas with visceral energy.
