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Namatjira to Now

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Gallery 2 November 13, 2010 - January 30, 2011
13 November 2010 - 30 January 2011 
 
Namatjira to Now offers an in-depth look at one of Australia’s longest continuing contemporary art movements. and features more than 100 art works including iconic Hermannsburg watercolours, as well as ceramics and acrylic paintings. 
 
The exhibition begins in the mid-1930s, with a number of works by famous founder of the Hermannsburg School Albert Namatjira, his teacher Rex Battarbee, and continues with more recent artists currently working in the community today, such as Judith Inkamala and Irene Entata. Namatjira to Now reveals the kinship and creative relationships that exist between Hermannsburg artists and the importance of tradition and continuity in their culture. 
 
Highlights of the exhibition include William Dargie’s Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Albert Namatjira, Irene Entata’s bold acrylicAlbert and Rex 2003 painting as well as works by the ‘sons of Namatjira’ — Enos, Oscar, Ewald, Keith and Maurice, and Namatjira’s eldest grandson, Gabriel.
Alongside these paintings the exhibition also features Hermannsburg pottery with their bold and quirky decoration made from local clays.