Memory: Places and Country | Sydney Contemporary
& New Works from Spinifex Arts Project
06 September 2023 – 10 September 2023
About Exhibition
How are memories of place conceptualised by the ancestral narratives of the Dreaming and its Songlines, and how do they find expression in painting? How is cultural knowledge retained, generated and communicated through memory? Is artistic memory compromised or strengthened in old age?
For Sydney Contemporary 2023, D’Lan Contemporary will present a group show of selected artists illuminating and confounding ancestral, personal, generational, and collective memories in their work. Emerging artists Dora Parker and Timo Hogan from Spinifex Arts Project will sit alongside masters such as Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Paddy Bedford and Makinti Napanangka, as well as select artists from the Wanarn Painting Program in Western Australia.
Works
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Untitled - Snake Dreaming, 1972
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri,
Untitled - Snake Dreaming 1972
Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board
78 x 45.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Painted at Papunya in 1972 , South Australia Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, lot 74
Private Collection
Sold
Rover Thomas Joolama, Untitled - Corroboree Painting, 1985
Rover Thomas Joolama,
Untitled - Corroboree Painting 1985
Natural earth pigments and bush gum on composition board
61 x 88 cm
PROVENANCE
Painted at Turkey Creek (Warmun) in March 1985 Waringarri Arts, Kununurra, cat. no. PB1/101 Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 30 June 1997, lot 1 The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands Aboriginal Art - Thomas Vroom Collection, Sotheby's, London, 10 June 2015, lot 66 , Sydney
Private Collection
Sold
Paddy Bedford, 31. Untitled, 2006
Paddy Bedford,
31. Untitled 2006
Gouache on acid-free crescent board
51 x 76 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, painted in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia Jirrawun Arts, Western Australia, cat. no. PB WB 3.2006.275 Paddy Bedford Trust The Estate of Paddy Bedford
Sold
Paddy Bedford, 32. Untitled, 2006
Paddy Bedford,
32. Untitled 2006
Gouache on acid-free crescent board
51 x 76 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, painted in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia Jirrawun Arts, Western Australia, cat. no. PB WB 3.2006.269 Paddy Bedford Trust The Estate of Paddy Bedford
Sold
Paddy Bedford, Fig Tree Hole, 2004
Paddy Bedford,
Fig Tree Hole 2004
Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on composition board
80 x 100 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, painted in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia Jirrawun Arts, Western Australia, PB CB 6.2004.56 Paddy Bedford Trust The Estate of Paddy Bedford
$85,000
For Sale
Charlie Mardigan, Untitled, circa 1960
Charlie Mardigan,
Untitled circa 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
90.5 x 42 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, Wadeye, Port Keats, Northern Territory Dorothy Bennett, Northern Territory Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 30 June 1997, lot. 144, illustrated , New South Wales Important Single Owner Auction – European Furniture and Decorative Arts, Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 14 September 2014, lot 11 Bears Dorothy Bennett Label verso.
Private Collection
Sold
Charlie Mardigan, Untitled, circa 1960
Charlie Mardigan,
Untitled circa 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
70 x 31 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, Wadeye, Port Keats, Northern Territory , Northern Territory
Private Collection
Sold
Billy Thomas, Waarlla, 2001
Billy Thomas,
Waarlla 2001
Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas
70 x 45 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, painted at Kununurra, Western Australia Red Rock Art, Kununurra, Western Australia, cat. no. KP1309 , Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2001
Private Collection
Sold
Makinti Napanangka AM, Untitled - Mugilypa Shrub, 1996
Makinti Napanangka AM,
Untitled - Mugilypa Shrub 1996
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
47 x 38 cm
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. no. MN9611131 Alison Kelly Collection of Indigenous Art, Melbourne
Sold
Makinti Napanangka AM, Untitled - Lupulnga, 2000
Makinti Napanangka AM,
Untitled - Lupulnga 2000
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
91 x 61 cm
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. no. MN200006135 The Alison Kelly Collection of Indigenous Art, Melbourne
Sold
Makinti Napanangka AM, Untitled - Lupulnga, 2009
Makinti Napanangka AM,
Untitled - Lupulnga 2009
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
107 x 91 cm
PROVENANCE
Painted at Papunya 2009 Pupunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. no. MN0902053
Private Collection
Sold
Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula, Tingari, 2013
Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula,
Tingari 2013
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
91 x 61 cm
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. no. JY1307015
Private Collection
Sold
Naata Nungurrayi, Untitled - Wirrulnga, 1999
Naata Nungurrayi,
Untitled - Wirrulnga 1999
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
152 x 122.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. no. NN990618 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's Melbourne, 31 October 2006, lot 75
Private Collection
Sold
Lydia Balbal, Martakulu, 2009
Lydia Balbal,
Martakulu 2009
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
137 x 137 cm
PROVENANCE
Short St Gallery, Western Australia, cat. no. 26011 The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia
Sold
Nola Campbell, Tika Tika, 2013
Nola Campbell,
Tika Tika 2013
acrylic on board
80 x 60 cm
PROVENANCE
Kayili Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 13-030 Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
Private Collection
Sold
Nola Campbell, Yunpalara, 2023
Nola Campbell,
Yunpalara 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
101.6 x 76 cm
PROVENANCE
Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 114-23
Sold
George Ward Tjungurrayi, Tingarri, 2019
George Ward Tjungurrayi,
Tingarri 2019
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
152.4 x 76.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 453-19
$7,700
For Sale
George Ward Tjungurrayi, Tingarri, 2022
George Ward Tjungurrayi,
Tingarri 2022
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
76 x 150 cm
PROVENANCE
Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 256-22
Sold
Tjunka Lewis, Wakalpuka, 2011
Tjunka Lewis,
Wakalpuka 2011
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
76.2 x 101.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 274-11 Araluen Art Centre, Northern Territory
Private Collection
Sold
Tjunka Lewis, Wakalpuka, 2011
Tjunka Lewis,
Wakalpuka 2011
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
76 x 76 cm
PROVENANCE
Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 52-11 Marshall Arts, Adelaide Private collection
Private Collection
Sold
Neville Mcarthur, Kunyia, 2011
Neville Mcarthur,
Kunyia 2011
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
101 x 101 cm
PROVENANCE
Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 51-11 Marshall Arts, Adelaide
Sold
Neville Mcarthur, Lake Baker, 2015
Neville Mcarthur,
Lake Baker 2015
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
50 x 101 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, painted at Warakurna, Western Australia Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 484-15
$5,500
For Sale
Neville Mcarthur, Untitled, 2017
Neville Mcarthur,
Untitled 2017
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
50 x 101 cm
PROVENANCE
The Artist, painted at Warakurna, Western Australia Warakurna Artists, Western Australia, cat. no. 124-17
$5,500
For Sale
Patju Presley, Tulu, 2023
Patju Presley,
Tulu 2023
acrylic on linen
137 x 110 cm
PROVENANCE
Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia, cat. 23-1
Sold
Timo Hogan, Lake Baker, 2023
Timo Hogan,
Lake Baker 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
230 x 200 cm
PROVENANCE
Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia, cat. 23-24
Sold
Dora Parker, Wati Kutjara, 2022
Dora Parker,
Wati Kutjara 2022
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
137 x 90 cm
PROVENANCE
Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia, cat. 22-208
Sold
Ned Grant, Palpatatjara, 2023
Ned Grant,
Palpatatjara 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
137 x 90 cm
PROVENANCE
Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia, cat. 23-22
Sold
Ian Rictor, Tuwan, 2023
Ian Rictor,
Tuwan 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on linen
137 x 110 cm
PROVENANCE
Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia, cat. 23-23
Sold