TANDANYA 25
2014 EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the National
Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Tandanya presents
TANDANYA25
- a dynamic visual arts program to showcase ideas,
stimulate discussion, forge networks and create
opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
artists, curators, writers and thinkers.
TANDANYA25 is the opportunity to honour and
extend the relationships that have informed Tandanya’s
past twenty-five years. We celebrate them in a new
platform that opens up pathways for professional artistic
practitioners. Collaborations with ‘sister’ organisations
nationwide throughout this program are designed to
build capacity in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
community arts sector and afford artists promotional
opportunities beyond State and Territory borders.
This diverse program includes solo and group exhibitions
by emerging artists from South Australia and a survey
exhibition of a senior South Australian artist. There
is a focus on the presentation of Aboriginal-curated
exhibitions. Group exhibitions acknowledge significant
historical expressions and contemporary directions that
confirm the resilience and current enquiry and exploration
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists into new
modes of expression, so that culture can engage with new
media. Artists express themselves and their cultures every
which way and every way possible.
This guide presents just some of the highlights of
TANDANYA25. Offerings in 2014 also include
workshops, cultural performances, events, film screenings,
educational initiatives, and other activities, including
Tandanya’s annual multi-arts Spirit Festival.
Please come and visit us regularly.
for the most up-to-date information.
Check out www.tandanya.com.au
or
(front cover) Reko Rennie Big Red 2013. Courtesy Cicada Press
installation image: Damien Shen
THE JOURNEY images from Give up smokes for good campaign
Until 8 February
Featuring portrait photographs, posters and a calendar sourced
from a Drug and Alcohol Services SA campaign to reduce smoking
and build stronger, healthier communities.
Marsat Newman NPA Croc 2012. Photo: Michael Marzik
FRESHWATER SALTWATER
Until 13 February
The theme for Freshwater Saltwater is connecting to country,
speaking to the holistic connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples with their cultures and their environments.
Artists: Edna Ambrym, Vincent Babia, Maurice Gibson, Lisa Michl,
Susan Kennedy, Glen Mackie, Agnes Mark, Bernard Singleton Jnr, Marsat
Newman, Robert Tommy Pau, Faron Nunn, Napolean Oui, Gertrude
Davis, Kel Williams, Michelle Yeatman, Arone Meeks, Philomena
Yeatman, Geraldine Yorke. Curator: Teho Ropeyarn
A UMI Arts travelling exhibition
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Night and Day Dreaming (detail)1989
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
NIGHT AND DAY DREAMING
Until 13 February
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was one of Australia’s most respected,
famous and influential Aboriginal artists, and a leading figure in
Papunya Tula Artists from the Western Desert.
This exhibition focuses on the rarely seen large-scale painting
Night and Day Dreaming (1989) as well as further paintings and
photographs sourced from private collections.
Eddie Janama Kitching Wave Hill Walk Off (detail) 2013
3 WAYS
14 February - 15 March
This exhibition, presented by Janama Designs, features new and
recent work by three artists living and working in the Northern
Territory. The work includes paintings, jewellery and glassware.
Artists: Eddie Janama Kitching, Norma Benger, May Rosas
Presented as part of Adelaide Fringe 2014
Tess Allas, Charlie Schneider and Vernon Ah-Kee
Andy Warhol on Aboriginal Art 2013
FOUR ROOMS
25 February - 5 April
Like film, a work of visual art will often involve numerous
creatives – sometimes explicitly acknowledged, generally not
– who together contribute to the production of the work. Four
Rooms takes its name from the 1995 anthology film where four
narratives take place in four individual rooms, each story led by
its own director, stitched together by a bellhop character. Four
Rooms is a multi-sensory exhibition comprising individual room
environments created by some of Australia’s leading Aboriginal
artists who have collaborated with other visual arts practitioners
– filmmakers, designers and manufacturers. Each ‘room
environment’ features new work, drawing on video, objects,
sound and lighting, to articulate alter/native responses to themes
of space, time and authorship.
Artists: Room 1: Zane Saunders (QLD) Room 2: Jenny Fraser (QLD) &
James Luna (USA) Room 3: Gordon Hookey (QLD) Room 4: Tess Allas
(NSW), Charlie Schneider (USA) & Vernon Ah-Kee (QLD)
Curator: Troy-Anthony Baylis
Presented by Tandanya and Adelaide Festival
Laurel Nannup Yellow Taxi (detail) 2012
MAKING PRINT
22 March - 10 May
An exhibition of print works on paper coming out of the Cicada
Press research group within the School of Art at the College of Fine
Arts, UniNSW. Over the past six years, artists from major capital
cities, regional centres and remote communities have gathered
to undertake residencies and workshops with Cicada Press. They
have produced quality edition works by means of professional
printmaking techniques, often resulting in new artistic directions.
Artists: Vernon Ah-Kee, Jason Wing, Joy Duncan, Vic Chapman, Frances
Belle Parker, Laurel Nannup, Reko Rennie, Gordon Hookey, Deborah
Knox, Liona Binge, Nudge Blacklock, Dave Nolan, Penny Evans, Bonny
Foley-Brennan
Curators: Tess Allas and Troy-Anthony Baylis
Presented in partnership with Cicada Press
Ian Abdulla Wild Life along the River Murray (detail) 2009
MEN’S WORK
15 April - 7 June
This exhibition explores the contribution of Aboriginal men in
the visual arts. Drawn from Tandanya’s collection as well as public
and private collections, the exhibition explores notions of identity,
knowledge of country, culture, tradition and contemporary
expression through a range of visual mediums.
Artists: Michael Riley, Peter Sharrock, Bluey Roberts, Jacob Stengle, Ian
Abdulla, Dickie Minyintiri, Gordon Bennett, Gordon Hookey, Darryl
Pfitzner Milika, Darren Siwes, Ian Willding, John Packham, Joel Birnie
Samantha Harris models Eva Wanganeen’s Waterhole
Photo: Cassandra Cairns, 2012
Eva Wanganeen
FASHIONING SILK
12 June - 19 July
From her artistic beginnings in South Australia as a silk painter,
Eva has since branched out into fashion, taking her artistic
practice to Aboriginal designs worn on the body. Brimming
with colour and symbology, Eva Wanganeen’s designs have been
showcased in Australia, Tokyo and Milan.
The exclusive luxury fashion label Eva Wanganeen is fast becoming
synonymous with feminine glamour and exquisite artistry.
Gloria Petyarre Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming (detail) 2008
WOMEN’S WORK
12 June – 19 July
This exhibition explores the contribution of Aboriginal women in
the visual arts. Drawn from Tandanya’s collection as well as public
and private collections, the exhibition explores notions of identity,
knowledge of country, culture, tradition and contemporary
expression through a range of visual mediums.
Artists: Fiona Foley, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Destiny Deacon, Sandra
Saunders, Gloria Petyarre, Pamela CroftWarcon, Julie Gough, Christina
Gollan, Mary McLean, Barbara Weir, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Gabriella
Possum, Judy Napangardi Watson, Sadie Singer, Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Damien Shen Major Sumner 2013
CONVERGENCE
4 July - 23 August
Convergence brings together new developments in artistic practice in
South Australia, unveiling stories of country through the painting and
drawing of landscape and portraiture.
The selected artists are from diverse South Australian geographies and
generations who approach their work from these positions.
Artists: Alec Baker (Indulkana), Beaver Lennon (Ceduna), Damien Shen
(Adelaide), Lilly Ulah (Coober Pedy)
Curator: Troy-Anthony Baylis
Kunyi McInerney Collecting firewood with kami 2 (detail) 2011
Kunyi McInerney
WHERE MY HEART IS
24 July - 30 August
Kunyi is a highly-regarded painter, muralist, and illustrator.
This exhibition of painted works explores emotions felt from
remembered experiences, drawn from a deep connection to
people, environments, history and happenings.
Sandra Bayet My Sister Fabienne, her life in illustration (detail) 2013
Sandra Bayet
SISTER LOVE...DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER
26 August - 4 October
“Fabienne was a writer, I am a painter, this is my love letter, through
painting, to my sister, to honour sister love. It’s my journey through
pain, grief, loss, regret, love and dealing with suicide.”
This is the first solo exhibition by South Australian artist Sandra
Bayet.
Bluey Roberts Untitled (detail) 1999
Bluey Roberts
AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
4 September - 25 October
As Far As The Eye Can See recognises the work of fifty years of one
of South Australia’s leading contributors to visual culture, with a
major solo exhibition that presents work produced over decades
of practice, the older and the new.
Born in Meningie in 1948, Bluey Roberts is highly regarded for
his paintings, carvings and murals that depict life in the Coorong.
This exhibition coincides with the actual date of Tandanya’s 25th
anniversary.
Visitors to this exhibition will walk along Bluey’s iconic mural at
Tandanya’s entrance.
Curators: Troy-Anthony Baylis with Mandy Brown
Michael Aird Vincent Brady leads a protest march (detail) 1987
COLD EELS AND DISTANT THOUGHTS
26 August - 4 October
An exhibition of photographs by Aboriginal male photographers
of Aboriginal men that explores stereotypes associated with
Aboriginal masculinity. As opposed to negative depictions in
politics and the media, the exhibition asks you to see Aboriginal
men with varying attributes, attitudes, fears, hopes and dreams.
Artists: Michael Aird, Adam Hill, Gary Lee, Mervin Bishop, Michael Riley,
Peter Yanada McKenzie, Jason Wing, Ricky Maynard, Darren Bell
Curator: Djon Mundine OAM
Patricia Ansell Dodds Yeperenye (detail) 2013
IRRARNTE
11 December - 24 January 2015
The artists in this exhibition comprise two generations of women
from Alice Springs and surrounding areas. Their work articulates
stories of creation of place and narratives of identity and the telling
of experiences about this unique geographical location that is rich
in history and knowledge.
Artists: Kathleen Miller, Patricia Ansell Dodds, Audrey Miller, Coral
Hayes-Pananka, Amanda Turner, Carmel Miller, Phylis Gory and Carol
Turner
Program Partners
Exhibition Funding Partners
Creative Partners
Loan Partners
Holdem Investments
Art Gallery of South Australia
Elder Fine Art
Marshall Arts
Camp Coorong Museum
Festival Partners
Touring Partners
Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-Operative
We love the chance to say hello again...
Each visit to Tandanya in 2014 will be a new experience
with
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Regular changeover of gallery exhibitions
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A new Retail display area adjacent to the foyer that
will feature mini exhibitions of sculptural glass,
ceramic and woven works
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The range of arts and crafts in the shop will expand
throughout the year, but still include your old
favourites
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Tandanya’s supporter membership of the Indigenous
Art Code ensures you can purchase with confidence,
knowing that Tandanya’s dealings with artists are
benchmarked against the national code that supports
Giving Indigenous Artists a Fair Go.
If you would like to know more about Tandanya’s
dynamic program of exhibitions and events, check out our
refurbished website:
www.tandanya.com.au
National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Tandanya
253 Grenfell Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Ph: 08 82243200
Open Monday – Saturday
9.00am – 4.00pm
Closed Sundays & Public Holidays