Katherine-based curator Clare Armitage presents ‘Fecund: Fertile Worlds’, the first exhibition from the SPARK NT Emerging Curator Program initiated by Artback NT. Drawing on the connotations of fecundity, Armitage has selected works that are connected by notions of fertility in the natural world. This exhibition brings together artists from the Northern Territory and Australia, presenting a collective response to life, death and renewal.
Talitha Kennedy’s anthropomorphic leather mangroves conflate the human, animal and plant, while Nikala Bourke’s macroscopic photographs evince the otherworldliness of nature. Djirrajirra Wunungmurra’s Yukuwa yam paintings juxtapose the erotic works of Pony Express as sounds from Claire Bridge’s film permeate the space. Showing at Northern Centre for Contemporary Art until 14 April and touring the Northern Territory until March 2019.