Western Australia
Fremantle
Artitja Fine Art
South Fremantle, 6162. T (08) 9336-7787, 0418-900-954. E info@artitja.com.au W www.artitja.com.au Directors: Anna Kanaris and Arthur Clarke Established in 2004, Artitja Fine Art Gallery is a private gallery based in South Fremantle and curates up to six pop up exhibitions a year in public spaces, details of which can be found on our website. At all other times the gallery is open by appointment. Specialising in Aboriginal art, Artitja Fine Art partners with remote art centre communities from WA, NT and the SA APY Lands in bringing the art to the city. This unique business model allows for a personalised and informative approach to viewing and collecting art, in a relaxed home environment. Recipient of the Fremantle Business Award: Outstanding Cultural Enterprise in 2017. Corporate Social Responsibility in 2016. To April 5 at Earlywork: 330 South Terrace, South Fremantle I Know My Country – a display of new paintings from remote Indigenous community art centres including established and emerging artists, this dynamic exhibition emphasises the artists intimate knowledge of their country through colour, shape and form.
Fremantle Arts Centre
1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle 6160. (08) 9432-9555. Free entry. Daily 10.00 to 5.00. April 3 to May 24 (opening Thurs April 2, 6.30pm) – showcases over 100 of the best new and emerging Aboriginal. Spanning music, fashion, design, writing and photography, Wilurarra Creative is an arts hub in the remote community of Mirlirrtjarra (Warburton) on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, 900km north-west of Kalgoorlie. For the past 16 years Wilurarra Creative has supported Ngaanyatjarra young adults to explore and express personal and collective identity, capturing the songs, stories, styles, language, artwork and living creativity of contemporary Ngaanyatjarra culture. This April the Wilurarra Creative hub will be recreated in the FAC gallery with a photographic studio, selfie booth, hair salon and art works which make a bold statement on the culture, style and unique voices of Western Desert people. Also, . Two major paintings by (1934-84), a significant Papunya Tula Anmatyerr painter, are reunited for the first time in . Both of these important uniquely WA works were produced during a visit to Perth in 1978–79, when was a guest of Nyoongar elder Ken Colbung (1931-2010). The men, both strong culture warriors for their communities, developed a firm friendship. A decade after visit, Colbung generously donated the paintings to the City of Fremantle and City of Wanneroo in an act of reconciliation at the time of the Bicentenary. This is the first time they will be exhibited side by side. Also, features three intimately connected photographic and video works from the City of Fremantle Art Collection which consider the cumulative impact of the events of 9/11. Now approaching the twenty year anniversary of the terrorist attack in New York, includes two commissioned videos by Australian artist – Now 7 Years Later and The End – made in response to WA artist Christine Gosfield’s poignant photomontage ‘9/11….defining home’, produced in Fremantle in 2001.
