Southern Exchange presents "Woven Cultures" Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art
2 Apr - 20 Apr, 2009
Two communities – one water and desert – come together in Woven Cultures, another exceptional exhibition from Southern Exchange, the cultural-exchange organization responsible for Hong Kong's
first show of Australian Aboriginal Art (last year's Desert Dreamings). The blending of desert and water, the contrast of artistic methods – one paints with a single-hair brush and the other a looser, more contemporary style – is a rare insight to the world's oldest living culture of today.
Southern Exchange brings together the leading female artists from Peppimenarti, a wet savannah woodland tribe who produce exquisite works on canvas inspired by their ancient weaving skills of their traditional fishing community. Works include the highly respected and collectable artist Regina Pilawuk Wilson, the winner of the 2003 Telstra Aboriginal Art Award, the highest honour awarded to any indigenous artist and the first female recipient.
Conversely, the exhibition also integrates and contrasts works from the central desert community, Papunya Tula. Two Papunya Tula artists include Makinti Napanangka, the 2008 winner of the Telstra Aboriginal Art Award and Ningura Napurrula, whose mural ceiling in the new Musee Quai Branly gallery in Paris opened by French President Jacques in June 2006, is a tribute to indigenous artists from around the world.
Woven Cultures showcases leading female artists working in this ancient and significant art movement, working in two of its most contrasting communities.
