As part of Imagine Australia - the year of Australian Culture in
China - the Australian Consulate General in Shanghai is proud to be
supporting the largest ever exhibition of Australian indigenous art
to come to China. After the success of the exhibition in Shanghai,
it has relocated to Nanjing will be on display from 20 April
to 20 May 2011 at the Nanjing Art Museum.
The Exhibition, "Our Land - Our Body" is a collection of 65
selected works from the Warburton Arts Project created by the
Ngaanyatjarra people from the Warburton Ranges Community in remote
Western Australia. Established in 1989, the Warburton Arts Project
is believed to be one of the largest collections of Indigenous art
held by Indigenous people. Over the last two decades this unique
collection has grown to include more than 700 paintings and is a
valuable cross-generational record of cultural knowledge and
stories which are being passed onto future generations.
Australian Indigenous visual art has rapidly evolved into one of
the world's great contemporary movements in art. It provides a
unique insight into the profound spiritual and family connections
between Australia's Indigenous people and their country. It is that
connection which is central to the Exhibition's title theme - "Our
land - Our body".
This is a stunning collection of Australian indigenous art - on
a scale that has not been seen before in China. It has been on
display at Shanghai's most impressive gallery - the Shanghai Art
Museum and is now on display in Nanjing, with displays
already scheduled in Beijing and Xi'an and another possibly in
Hangzhou.
Warburton (Our Land - Our Body) Art Exhibition - Nanjing
20 April - 20 May 2011
At the Nanjing Art Museum
Warburton (Our Land - Our Body) Art Exhibition - Beijing
3 - 28 June 2011
Today Art Museum Beijing
See the
Imagine Australia Website for further details.