Check out Tjanpi Desert Weavers at this years TarraWarra Biennale! The biennale is an exploration of masking, secrets and hidden narratives as psychological states. In preparation for the event, a group of 12 Tjanpi Desert Weavers collaborated with artist Fiona Hall at an artists’ camp in June, in country about 30kms from Wingellina Community in WA. The outcome of the camp was two separate but interrelated bodies of work collectively titled Tjukurrpa Kumpilitja (Hidden Stories) 2014. Tjanpi artists collaborated with Fiona Hall to create a series of woven sculptures of Australian animal species which are threatened with extinction. In addition to these sculptures is the work Alkawari (2014), inspired by a tjukurrpa story about a well-known mamu (spirit) figure from the Lands. Alkawari is a complex tjukurrpa story of covert activities underpinned by the uncanny notion that all is not as it seems. The exhibition runs til 16 November at TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria. Well worth the trip out of Melbourne! pics: Alkawari (2014) in country, artists at the end of camp. photos by Jo Foster
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:28:10 +0000
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