On Track
Exhibition Details
ORGANISING INSTITUTIONThe University of Western Australia
Berndt Museum of Anthropology
CURATOR
Dr John E Stanton
ARTISTS
South-West: Shane Pickett, Sharyn Egan,
Karen Reys, Laurel Nannup, Cathy Coomer, Primus
Ugle, Barry Mcguire
Murchison-Gascoyne: Norma MacDonald, Naomi
Danischewsky, Pauline Taylor,
Julie Dowling
Pilbara: Jody Broun
Kimberley: Butcher Cheryl Janangoo,
Janijin Shorty Sweeney Nipper Rogers, Geoffrey
Flether, Peggy Griffiths,
Alan Griffiths, Donny Woolagudja,
Mavis Oobagooma, Daisy Andrews
Western Desert: Tommy May, Boxer Milner,
Thereasa Butler, Biddee Baadjo, Pantjiti Mary
McLean and Nalda Searles, Sue Wyatt
MEDIUM
acrylic on canvas, oil on canvas, pastel and ink on
paper, inked wood cut on paper, acrylic on
masonite, mixed media, acrylic, paper and red ochre
on canvas, hand painted on cotton
INSTALLATION
32 works, approx 30 - 50 running metres
COST SHARE
WA tba
Interstate tba
DOCUMENTATION
5 Catalogues gratis. Media kit with press release
and digital images, posters, invitations
EDUCATION
Education Packages (includes teachers notes, gallery
activity sheet)
CRATES
8 crates, totalling 8.2 cubic metres
TOUR DURATION
June 2004 - March 2008
Available WA and interstate
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![Detail of: 'Nyorn [Sadness, Poor Thing]', Sharyn Egan, Perth 2001](http://www.artonthemove.com.au/img/slide_images/84/WU9825H_nyorn_slideshow.jpg "Detail of: 'Nyorn [Sadness, Poor Thing]', Sharyn Egan, Perth 2001")
Detail of: 'Nyorn [Sadness, Poor Thing]', Sharyn Egan, Perth 2001
On Track showcases the dynamic development of Western Australian Aboriginal artists' expression over the last decade.
32 works have been selected from the prestigious University of Western Australia, Berndt Museum of Anthropology collection.
The exhibition presents a unique opportunity to view the diversity of regional and artistic perspectives within the contemporary Western Australian setting. Commentaries and questioning of family and work experiences, social comment, perspectives on mission and station life are some of the themes the artists explore.
Artists from the Kimberley, Pilbara, Western Desert, Murchison/Gascoyne and South-West regions are represented including senior and respected artists; Julie Dowling, Jody Broun and Norma MacDonald from Perth, Mary McLean from the Eastern Goldfields, Daisy Andrews and Butcher Cherel of Fitzroy Crossing, Donny Woolagudga from Derby, and Alan and Peggy Grifftihs of Kununurra.
On Track has been funded and commissioned by the Department of Premier and Cabinet as part of the State's 175th Anniversary Celebrations.
Launched by the Premier, the Hon Dr Gallop, at the Western Australian Museum on 14th June, The exhibition will tour to Bunbury, Esperance, Albany, Geraldton, Katanning and Mandurah during 2004/5 followed by an interstate tour.
Inspired by a previous Berndt Museum exhibition, Aboriginal Artists of the South-West: Past and Present, Dr Gallop commissioned a broader retrospective of contemporary Aboriginal art from across the entire state as a fitting part of the State's 175th Anniversary Celebrations.
