Future Program
Bennelongs River to Contemporary Connections
15 July - 23 August
Weaving Together
28 August - 9 September
Intimately connected with Yolngu language, identity, culture and law, the process of weaving is profound for the women of North East Arnhem Land. The skills and knowledge of weaving was passed down to Yolngu women from the powerful ancestral spirits, the Djan'kawu Sisters. As Lak Lak Burarrwanga says, "For us, the dillybag is a symbol of things that we have, that we know and that we can share. So these stories of weaving, of caring for country, it's like they all come from our dillybag, the dillybag that the Djan'kawu Sisters gave us long ago. We pass it on to our children and to you."
Weaving Together brings together for the first time at Macquarie University a collection of beautiful baskets, mats, dillybags and more made at the artist's homeland at Bawaka.
Artists are Lak Lak Burarrwanga, Djawundil Maymuru, Ritjilili Ganambarr and Banbapuy Ganambarr.
KITE - Mike Brown & the Sydney 12
La Trobe University Melbourne touring exhibition
15 September - 16 October
In 1964 Mike Brown produced a work - known since as "KITE" - that challenged and criticised twelve Sydney artists for their blatant embracing of the commercial art-world and its perceived pitfalls. The octagonal shaped work (which has at its' centre the cover of Hungry Horse Art Gallery's annual calendar) is dominated by Brown's essay criticising these artists. KITE: Mike Brown and the Sydney 12 returns to this monumental episode in Australian art history juxtaposing Brown's work with those whom he criticised.
Beyond the Wave
20 October - 15 December
Macquarie University Art Gallery
Building E11A, Macquarie University
Sydney 2109
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
tel: 02 9850 7437
khill@vc.mq.edu.au