Kwatye
Reprising the bold visual language of iconic 80s protest posters to speak to issues that face us today, this work is one from a series of five screenprints, protesting climate change and its impact on the desert. ‘First Nations people are the first and will be the worst effected with fracking and the mismanagement of precious water resources - just two of many impending catastrophes. Made using artwork generated in Mparntwe in a series of workshops, all proceeds from sales will go directly to collaborating Town Camp Artists.’ Thea Anamara Perkins
- Screenprint on 310gsm Magnani paper
- Dimensions: 72 x 91 cm (framed) / 50 x 70 cm (unframed)
Thea Anamara Perkins is an Arrernte and Kalkadoon artist whose practice incorporates portraiture and landscape to question representations of First Nations peoples and Country. With a delicate hand, Thea answers heavy questions about what it means to be First Nations and interrogates contemporary portrayal. Carol Young is an Eastern Arrernte woman, born in Alice Springs and now living in Ewyenper Atwatye (Hidden Valley Town Camp). Carol has been a member of Tangentyere Artists since 2015. Carol's work with Town Camp Designs has been extremely popular. In 2019 her Kwatye drawings were translated to a silk scarf and also a linen look which was exhibited on the Country to Couture runway in Darwin. This year her work was seen again on the C2C runway as a part of the Ewyenper Atwatye x Magpie Goose collection.
Established in 2005, Tangentyere Artists is an Aboriginal owned, not-for-profit enterprise for Town Camp Artists. When Tangentyere Artists began, Jukurrpa Artists, Warumpi and Sandover Arts (all art centres previously operating in Alice Springs) had closed. Irrkerlanyte Arts and Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra were servicing a limited number of Town Camp families. Tangentyere Artists was established with the express aims of combatting the prevalence of carpetbaggers, providing professional and career development opportunities to artists and operating an industry best practice enterprise. Today, Tangentyere Artists is the central hub for arts activities across the Town Camps. This includes the internationally renowned Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, located at Larapinta Town Camp. We work to a studio, gallery and outreach program, supporting emerging and established artists. Tangentyere Artists also welcome Aboriginal artists visiting town from remote communities, offering an open and safe environment where people from across Central Australia can sit down together to create artworks and share artistic skills as well as stories. Tangentyere Artists is committed to innovative, sustainable, fine art outcomes for Town Camp Artists. We are renowned for figurative paintings, diversity of mark making, rich colour palettes and embracing traditional and contemporary Aboriginal art making. Our practice includes short animations. Through their art, Town Camp artists communicate stories about their families, identity and everyday lives. Their contemporary art practice aims to show the everyday experience of Aboriginal people in Central Australia and through this work Tangentyere Artists have become part of the national conversation on reconciliation.
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