Matilda Malujewel Nona, Araw Warul, 2016, linocut print on paper, 119 x 200.5 cm, edition of 12. Photo: Jon Linkins
Tableland Regional Council is hosting the travelling exhibition Sageraw Thonar — Stories from the Southeasterly Season: Contemporary Expressions of Cultural Knowledge from Badu Art Centre.
Sageraw Thonar was curated by NorthSite Contemporary Arts in partnership with Badu Art Centre, Badhulgaw Kuthinaw Mudh (TSI) Corporation. The exhibition examines cultural traditions and knowledge through large-scale linocut prints.The works visually respond to the season of Sageraw Thonar in which the southeast winds blow. Animal totems, island flora, and current environmental and cultural issues are discussed in the works that reveal the artists’ most important stories.
NorthSite curator Aven Noah Jr. delivered a curators talk eariler this week at the Tableland Regional Gallery.
Image courtesy of NorthSite.
The exhibition is on display at the Tableland Regional Gallery from Thursday 23 March to Saturday 13 May.
Artists: Joseph Au, Aiona Tala Gaidan, Edmund Laza, Laurie Nona, Matilda Malujewel Nona, Michael Nona and Alick Tipoti.
More information: https://www.trc.qld.gov.au/services-and-facilities/galleries/#1623962939293-5d446a10-0bdd
Sageraw Thonar was curated by NorthSite Contemporary Arts (formally KickArts Contemporary Arts) in partnership with Badu Art Centre, Badhulgaw Kuthinaw Mudh (TSI) Corporation. This project was supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages and Arts program and assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Additional support was from The Picture Framer and Black Square Arts. All prints are published by Badu Art Centre unless otherwise stated. NorthSite is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.