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EXHIBITION CURATOR/COORDINATOR
Laurel Nannup assisted by Brett Nannup

ARTIST
Laurel Nannup

CATEGORY
A, B, C
MEDIUM
etching, woodcuts, photographs

INSTALLATION
33 works
40 - 60 running metres

COST SHARE
WA $1,700.00 (inclusive gst) (Price subject
to change)
Interstate tbc

DOCUMENTATION
5 Catalogues gratis
Gallery/Room Sheets
Invitations for overprinting
Media kit with press release
and digital images

EDUCATION
Education Packages (includes teachers'
notes, activity sheets, gallery sheet
and catalogue)
Didactic panels
Lectures and floor talks upon request
(subject to availability and funding)

CRATES
3 crates, totalling 2 cubic metres

TOUR DURATION
September 2007 - March 2009
Available WA and interstate
Please contact Julie Thomas
if you wish to book this exhibition after March 2009.

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In A Story to Tell, Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup tells her own story, through woodcuts, etchings and photographs. These works illustrate the artist's memories of place, particular events and people, all of which contribute to an overview of her life.

At the age of eight, the Native Welfare Department took Laurel, her sister and her cousin away from the Pinjarra region and their families to the Wandering Mission where they lived and worked until they were old enough to work on farms in the area. The prints in Laurel's exhibition are a reflection of her life, both with her family and mission life; the stories are told with honesty and affectionate humour and build up a unique picture of the reality of life for many Indigenous people of Laurel Nannup's generation.

"As a young Nyoongar girl growing up in the bush, I learnt a lot from my parents and grandparents about the old ways. They taught me how to find water, how to track animals and how to find food to eat, when I was hungry. My family and I lived in the bush around the Pinjarra region, where Mum and Dad worked on farms, felling trees to make fence posts for the farmers. They also worked on dairy farms where they would milk the cows and stook hay for the cows' feed. From time to time we lived on the Pinjarra Reserve with my grandparents and other relatives until my sister, Cecelia, my cousin Madeline and I were taken away by the Native Welfare, I was just eight years old. We were sent to the Wandering Mission where I spent the next eight years of my life. I don't remember much about the trip to the Mission, I just remember Mum bathing us and putting on new clothes on us, that's all I remember about that event."

The collection of works that make up A Story to Tell comprise woodcuts and etchings, together with a selection of photographs.

About the Artist
Laurel Nannup was born in Carrolup, WA in 1943. She completed postgraduate studies at Curtin University of Technology in 2001, after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) in 2000. Laurel has exhibited widely, including a solo exhibition Boodja (Country) at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (2005) and has been a recipient of a number of public and private commissions.