Three Echoes - Western Desert Art

Exhibition Launch

Sun 10 November | Burrinja

Curated by celebrated curator, writer, artist and activist, Djon Mundine OAM FAHA, Three Echoes – Western Desert Art showcases works by 57 acclaimed artists heralding from Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), Papunya and Utopia Aboriginal communities in the western desert regions of the Northern Territory. The exhibition of paintings, prints and batiks communicates important stories of tjukurrpa (Dreaming) and Country, and explores the poetic notion of echoes.

11:30-12:30pm | Yarning circle with Djon Mundine and local community, all welcome
2:00pm | Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
2:20-3:00pm | Exhibition opening, speeches
3:00-3:45pm | Guest Curator talk by Djon Mundine: ‘Aboriginal Art After the Referendum’

Three Echoes - Western Desert Art is an initiative of Museums & Galleries Queensland developed in partnership with Karin Schack and Andrew Arnott, and curated by Djon Mundine OAM FAHA. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through its Visions of Australia program and through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. It is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Museums & Galleries Queensland is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funds from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.

Museums & Galleries Queensland, Australian Government/Visions of Australia, Australia Council for the Arts, Queensland Government, Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, Australian Cultural Fund

Image credit: Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (born c.1943) Pintupi language group Untitled, 1996, acrylic on linen, 122 x 122 cm. Photograph by Andrew Curtis. © the artist l Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd