Saturday 20 August
I was excited arriving at the Saint Ignatius Art Show as I had never previously been to an art show before let alone anything which had been involved in the SALA festival.
As I paid my donation for the catalogue I also paid my $5 into the Art Show Raffle for a Suzie Prince painting titled Kapi Piti Water Soakage. As I ventured into the Art Show it was not hard to find where the Indigenous paintings were hanging.
Featured works included Indigenous artists from the Iwantja Arts and Crafts and Ernabella Arts. A lot of the paintings used bright vibrant colours in blue, pinks, yellows, oranges and greens, even fluoro paint made an appearance. A contemporary fusion of colour with traditional dot paintings, I had never seen before. I must admit I am not a huge fan of these psychedelic colours being used within Indigenous art, for me it takes away from the meaning of the work, due to its distraction.
One piece by Julie Yatjitja from Iwantja Arts and Crafts titled Nagura (country) drew me in with its vibrant use of red, orange and yellow used throughout the painting. “I like using bright colours on canvas. You can see those colours on the land. Lots of flowers grow around here. And the land has many different colours.”
Featured Artists from Iwantja Arts and Crafts include: Alec Baker, Rosemary Baker, Mary Brumby, Maringka Burton, Nellie Coulthard, Molly Cullinan, Vicki Cullinan, Sandra Goodwin, Peter Mungkuri, Noreen Parker, Jeannie Reggie, Rosalind Tjanyari, Whiskey Tjukangku, Julie Yatjitja.
Ernabella Arts was represented by: Imiyari (Yilpi) Adamson, Mylika (Alison) Carroll, Niningka Lewis, Renita Stanley, Tjunkaya Tapaya.
