Mabel Juli
Marietta Bray
David Cox
Colleen Carter
Warmun Art Centre was established in 1998 and is located 200km south of Kununurra in the spectacular surrounds of the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The national and international reputation of Warmun art is due in great part to the leadership of Gija artists such as Rover Thomas and Queenie McKenzie. Today a new generation of artists, including Mabel Juli and Lena Nyadbi, are rendering and re-presenting Gija culture with confidence and diversity. This exciting new work transcends cultural boundaries, placing Warmun art and artists at the forefront of contemporary art in Australia.
Gija artists paint their country using only ochres dug from their land. Each canvas is painted using hand-collected and crushed natural pigments in a luscious array of earthy tones. Artworks draw on both traditional Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) stories and contemporary experience, helping maintain cultural connections to country and keeping stories alive in a rapidly changing environment.
Tim Melville Gallery is grateful to Warmun Art Centre for its guidance and support in presenting this first New Zealand exhibition of their work.
Photography: Kallan MacLeod
MABEL JULI
Garnkiny Ngarrangarni
2008
natural ochre and pigments on canvas
1000mm H x 1400mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
NEW ABORIGINAL PAINTING FROM WARMUN
Ochre
May 2010
Installation View
DAVID COX
Sing Out Spring - Yiyili Country
2008
natural ochre and pigment on canvas
1000mm H x 800mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
MABEL JULI
Garnkiny Ngarrangarni
2010
natural ochre and pigment on canvas
1000mm H x 1400mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
MARIETTA BRAY
Rock Cod and Turtle
2008
natural ochre and pigments on canvas
900mm H x 1200mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
COLLEEN CARTER
McKenna Spring
2008
natural ochre and pigment on canvas
1000mm H x 800mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
MABEL JULI
Garnkiny Ngarrangarni
2010
natural ochre and pigment on canvas
600mm H x 800mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
DAVID COX
Sing Out Spring - Yiyili Country
2008
natural ochre and pigment on canvas
900mm H x 1200mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
COLLEEN CARTER
Loomoogoo (Blue-tongue lizard) Dreaming
2008
natural ochre and pigment on canvas
800mm H x 800mm W
PRIVATE COLLECTION
NEW ABORIGINAL PAINTING FROM WARMUN
Ochre
May 2010
Installation View
NEW ABORIGINAL PAINTING FROM WARMUN
Ochre
May 2010
Installation View
NEW ABORIGINAL PAINTING FROM WARMUN
Ochre
May 2010
Installation View
NEW ABORIGINAL PAINTING FROM WARMUN
Ochre
May 2010
Installation View