IMAGE: Nici Cumpston, Old Mutawintji Gorge I, from the series mirrimpilyi, happy and contented, 2023, pigment inkjet print on Hahnemuhle paper, hand coloured with PanPastel, crayon and pencil, 44 x 120 cm, Courtesy the artist and Michael Reid Gallery. Photo: Michael Haines.
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ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together)
19 October to 16 February
Latrobe Regional Gallery, Gallery 4, 5, & 6
Barkandji/Barkindji artists share travels together on Country.
ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together) brings together six Barkandji/Barkindji artists: Nici Cumpston, Zena Cumpston, David Doyle, Kent Morris, Adrianne Semmens, and Raymond Zada.
Several trips together on Country provided a rich foundation for the collective to create newly commissioned works that explore and illuminate their Ancestral connection and homelands. The artists spent time travelling together, engaging with cultural landscapes, their Elders, community, and each other, resulting in an immersive installation that comes collectively from their hearts. Featuring soundscape, moving image, screendance, carving, weaving, printmaking, and photography, ngaratya offers a warm invitation into Barkandji/Barkindji Country and belonging.
ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together) is a Bunjil Place Gallery exhibition, curated by Nici Cumpston and Zena Cumpston, touring with NETS Victoria.
Explore the digital catalogue: ngaratya.com.au
Exhibition Supporter
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program and has received development assistance from NETS Victoria’s Exhibition Development Fund, supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
NETS Victoria Supporters
National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, by the Australian Government through the Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body, and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. NETS Victoria also receives significant in-kind support from the National Gallery of Victoria.