‘Into the Water’ features installation and sculpture by senior Aboriginal artists including; Lulu Laradjbi, Anniebell Marrngnamarrnga, Frewa Bardaluna, Vera Cameron, Maisie Cameron, Helen Stewart, Freda Ali and Doreen Jinggarrabarra, alongside a new generation of weavers. Contemporary fibre works from Maningrida in the heart of Arnhem Land tell stories of totemic ancestral beings, animals, tools and technologies used for hunting. The exhibition includes video work by artists of Maningrida Arts & Culture, and water themed textiles by Bábbarra Women’s Centre.
Frewa Bardaluna, Untitled, 2016, pandanus and natural dyes. Courtesy the artist and Tactile Arts Gallery, Northern Territory
Tactile Arts Gallery
11 to 26 August 2017
Northern Territory
