Namatjira to Now
William Dargie, Australia 1912 – 2003 | Portrait of Albert Namatjira 1956 | Oil on canvas | Purchased 1957 | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Namatjira to Now
The great Albert Namatjira’s adoption of the European medium of watercolour for his landscape paintings remains an inspiration to contemporary artists from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) and surrounding regions of Central Australia. Since the 1930s, artists there have been producing vibrant and highly regarded art that has made their country celebrated throughout Australia. This exhibition will highlight work by Indigenous Australian artists from the Hermannsburg School and will include watercolours (from the original and subsequent generations), ceramics and acrylic paintings on canvas.
Tour venues and dates
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
29 May – 7 July 2009
Outback Regional Gallery, Winton
17 July – 4 September 2009
Ipswich Art Gallery
19 September – 15 November 2009
Redcliffe City Art Gallery
28 November 2009 – 28 January 2010
Noosa Regional Gallery
5 February – 7 March 2010
Dalby Regional Gallery
3 April – 25 May 2010
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
2 June – 11 July 2010
Gympie Regional Gallery
17 July – 12 September 2010
Artspace Mackay
18 September – 31 October 2010
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
13 November 2010 – 31 January 2011
