Small Works, Big Stories

Fifty small paintings by First Nations artists encapsulate epic creation stories, featuring works collected over the past 20 years by Everywhen's curators Susan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs.

The distilling of imagery of the often-epic stories in these small gems lead to dynamic works of concentrated energy.

An example is the 2014 work by the late painter Fabian Baker, from the far west of South Australia. Fabian painted the encyclopedic Emu Dreaming creation story inherited from his grandfather, Jimmy Baker, one of the founding artists of the region. At only 40.5 x 65.5cm, the detailed imagery of the work makes its impact as powerful as that of far grander works.

The earliest work in the exhibition is a circa-1984 landscape by famed Arrernte watercolourist Wenten Rubuntja (1926-2005). Other works are by important early and founding artists of leading art centres in the Kimberley, Central and Western Deserts, Utopia, the Pilbara and Arnhem Land.

Artists include Bugai Whyoulter, Nora Wompi, Elizabeth Nyumi, Kumantjayi Tilau Nangala, Neville McArthur, Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Jane Mervin, George Tjungurrayi and many others.

The exhibition runs from June 6-28 and will open with a curator’s floor talk on Saturday June 6 at 2.30pm.

RSVP for the talk at info@everywhenart.com.au

Artists:

Adrian Jangala Robertson, Agnes Armstrong Yamboong, Angelina Nampijinpa Tasman, Biddy Timbinah, Billy Benn Perrurle, Billy Tjampitjinpa Kenda, Bugai Whyoulter, Dadda Samson, Elizabeth Nyumi, Emily Pwerle, Emma Daniel Nungarrayi, Estelle Munkanome, Eunice Yunurupa Porter, Fabian Baker, Galya Pwerle, George Tjungurrayi, Geraldine Napangardi Granites, Helen Dale Samson, Jane Mervin, Julie Brumby, Kathleen Padoon, Mark Reid, Mary Brumby, Neville Niypula McArthur, Miriam Atkins, Kumantjayi Tilau Nangala, Ningie Nanala, Nora Nungabar, Nora Wompi, Nyarrapayi Giles, Pinyirrpa Nancy Patterson, Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Roland Burrunali, Samson Namundja, Sheila Kate Gardiner, Susie Rowland, Tiger Yaltangki, Wenten Rubuntja, Yakari Napaltjarri