SONGSPIRALS
23 September - 26 November 2022 The exhibition generously tells some of the story of songspirals and how they are lived through manikay, ceremonial song including milkarri (keening); painting; weaving; and in everyday life. A number of works have been created to accompany the curated exhibition of prints, barks, weaving, larrakitj, sound-scapes, and audio-visual material from Yirrkala, with the exhibition sharing aspects of 5 Dhuwa and Yirritja Songspirals. This exhibition has been supported by Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Elizabeth Weiss, Allen & Unwin, Australian Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Geography and Environmental Studies, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, School of Social Sciences, Wallamattagal Campus, Macquarie University. Image: Ms D Yunipingu, Lamamirri Whale, etching 1/20. Reproduced courtesy of the family and Buku-Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala. VIEW the exhibition images VIEW the University Gallery video DOWNLOAD the floor sheet VIEW an evening of SONGSPIRALS |
TRUTH: Then Now Everywhen
until 3 September 2022 These visual histories stand as documents that “re-write” and challenge the telling of history in ways that are poetic and generous. The work transcends stories of then and now, instead inhabiting the Everywhen: the ever-present that is constantly regenerating. The exhibition is concurrently exhibited across both venues of the University Galleries, the University Gallery at Callaghan campus and Watt Space Gallery in Newcastle city. TRUTH: Then Now Everywhen is curated by Deborah Sims and Matt Dickson from their collection. IMAGE: Sally Mulda, Abbott’s Camp 2016 Acrylic on linen 125 x 200 cm Courtesy Tangentyere Artists and the Sims Dickson Collection VIEW the installation images VIEW the University Gallery video DOWNLOAD the floor sheet |
Looking Through Windows
A multi-media Aboriginal history and art exhibition 25 March - 4 June ‘Looking Through Windows’ is an oral history, artistic and multimedia project exploring Aboriginal removal, dispossession and ‘protection’. It started with a yarn that was transformed into a poem and grew into a video documentary, a community exhibition with a one-act play, opera piece and travelling exhibition. Looking Through Windows: tablelands, the coast to outback is an oral history, artistic and multimedia project exploring the removal, dispossession and ‘protection’ of Aboriginal people in NSW and beyond. Purai Global Indigenous History Centre is proud to host this event with the University Gallery, University of Newcastle. Looking Through Windows has been created in partnership between Community and Taragara Aboriginal Corporation, the University of Newcastle, the University of New England. It is funded by the NSW Government through Create NSW Touring grant program and by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council. image: Erin Brown On Country Gathering |
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NERIDAH STOCKLEY
A SECULAR VIEW
2 February - 12 March
Spanning twenty-five years of practice by NT artist, Neridah Stockley, and curated by Gillean Shaw, Art Curator, University of Newcastle Art Gallery, A Secular View explores the depth of the artist's oeuvre, presenting Stockley's individual mark-making and lyrical style to create a distinctive visual vernacular.
Whilst Stockley is best known as a painter, this survey reveals the diversity of her practice including drawings, collage, dry point etchings and a growing body of ceramic work.
A Secular View touring dates:
30 January - 07 March: Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo NSW
19 March - 02 May: Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith NSW
14 May - 09 July: Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill VIC
15 October - 05 December: Redland Art Gallery, Redland QLD
2 February - 12 March: The University Gallery, Callaghan NSW
DOWNLOAD the exhibition catalogue
VIEW the University Gallery installation images
VIEW the University Gallery video
READ more about the exhibition
A SECULAR VIEW
2 February - 12 March
Spanning twenty-five years of practice by NT artist, Neridah Stockley, and curated by Gillean Shaw, Art Curator, University of Newcastle Art Gallery, A Secular View explores the depth of the artist's oeuvre, presenting Stockley's individual mark-making and lyrical style to create a distinctive visual vernacular.
Whilst Stockley is best known as a painter, this survey reveals the diversity of her practice including drawings, collage, dry point etchings and a growing body of ceramic work.
A Secular View touring dates:
30 January - 07 March: Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo NSW
19 March - 02 May: Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith NSW
14 May - 09 July: Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill VIC
15 October - 05 December: Redland Art Gallery, Redland QLD
2 February - 12 March: The University Gallery, Callaghan NSW
DOWNLOAD the exhibition catalogue
VIEW the University Gallery installation images
VIEW the University Gallery video
READ more about the exhibition
Image: Summer I 2012, acrylic on hardboard, 50 x 50 cm. From the private collection of Christine Godden