29.01.07

by Sonja Chalmers

Eastern Desert Art returns to GalleryG, Brisbane

Art Article

Following last year's successful show, Eastern Desert Art returns to GalleryG in April 2007

Thursday April 19-Thursday May 3 2007

Ben and Sally Kehoe owners of GalleryG, one of Brisbane's finest art galleries, will showcase some of the most prominent Utopian artists in their next Eastern Desert Art exhibition - Eastern Desert Dreaming.

The Women
Ollie Kemarre
Janelle Stockman
Angeline Pwerle Ngala
Annie Pitjara Hunter
Dolly Petyarre Mills
Elizabeth Kemara Leo
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton
Joy Kngwarreye Jones
Susan Pitjara Hunter

The Elders
Freddy Kngwarreye Jones
Cowboy Louie Pwerle

At

GalleryG
34 Brookes Street
Bowen Hills
Brisbane 4006

In the recently published Artworkers Alliance Newsletter-Spring 2006, in response to the question, What do you consider to be the outstanding moments in Queensland's art history?" artist, Simone Mandana wrote, ..."I was warmly invited by the director at Gallery G (at Bowen Hills), Sally Kehoe, (to attend) the opening of the "Senior Women from Utopia" Exhibition, which showcased the works of indigenous women artists from Utopia. ...Sonja Chalmers, who had a personal bond with the artists, aesthetically displayed the works of Mary Kemarre Morton, Ollie Kemarre, Gladdy Kemarre, Kathleen Ngala, Angeline Pwerle Ngala, Susie Pitjara Hunter, Joy Kngwarreye Jones and Dolls Mills Petyarre. I was overwhelmed with the sheer diversity of styles and details rendered in the artworks. (Many of the works) encapsulated rich depictions of the land, people and flora of Utopia. The experience was nostalgic and exhilarating.

Joy Kngwarreye Jones, Eastern Desert Art.

Attachment 1: Press-Brisbane Exhibition.pdf