Bush Women
Fremantle Arts Centre
In 1994 the Fremantle Arts Centre staged a special exhibition of artworks by women from the fresh-water country of north-west Western Australia and the Ngaanyatjarra lands of the south-east. With distinct, original styles and personal narratives about living and growing up in the bush, artists such as Paji Honeychild Yankkarr, Daisy Andrews, Queenie McKenzie (Gara-Gara), Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates, Tjingapa Davies and Pantjiti Mary McLean took their place in the spotlight of the art world. In 2018 the gallery reassembled the original paintings and produced this title, ‘Bush Women’. It is modest in size and has the sentiment of a ‘yearbook’, sharing first person accounts from the artists, curatorial insights via John Kean as well as reproductions of the works and photographs from the 1990s.
