Concentric Unity: Jintaka- juku - Naidoc Exhibition 2024

Concentric Unity: Jintaka-juku - NAIDOC Exhibition

DB Fine Art Consultancy presents this dynamic exhibition in partnership with Bayley Arts Gallery. 

This exhibition is proudly supported by Bayside City Council.

Concentric Unity: Jintaka-juku is both a significant art exhibition and reconciliation project exploring an artistic collaboration between Alice Nelson Napurrurla and Julian Di Stefano.

Alice Nelson Napurrurla is a senior Warlpiri artist living in Yuendumu, located in the Western Desert. The concentric iconography depicted in her current series of paintings is a modern expression of ancient cultural traditions. She paints to demonstrate her continuing links to her Country. Her works are a meditation upon her cultural knowledge and intimate observations of her desert environment. 

In the paintings the effect of pulsating vibrations and movement are attained by her intricate dot patterning and confident use of expansive colour fields.

Jintaka-juku began with a series of photographs taken in the desert by Julian Di Stefano capturing the star traces, effectively a time lapse record of the movement of the stars in the night sky. These star traces became the foundation for the concentric compositional designs projected onto ten canvases. Alice painted directly onto these projected star trace patterns. Each painting is strikingly individual, reflecting her strong connection to spirit and country.

The projects title and theme “Jintaka-juku” has been chosen specifically by Alice, it is a Warlpiri word of multi-layered significance meaning Unity. She is proud to have developed this series of paintings for NAIDOC week with the express intention of sending out a message of hope and reconciliation.

We invite visitors to engage with this dynamic exhibition in a spirit of unity, hope and reconciliation.

We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to the land, waters and skies often expressed through art. We pay our respects to artists. Elders and community members past, present and future.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Exhibition runs daily from 6 until 19 July - Free Entry

Opening Night: Friday 5th July 6pm

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Venue: Bayley Arts Gallery, 1 Avoca Street, Highett, VIC

Exhibition Dates: 6 -19 July

Opening hours: Weekdays 11-5pm and Sat-Sun 10-5pm

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Enquiries please contact:
Daniela Baker
DB FINE ART CONSULTANCY
0400 511 356
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