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Tjumpo Tjapanangka, Kangaroo Dreaming at Lake Mackay, 1991 ©2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Viscopy, Australia
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yam Dreaming of My Country, c.1991 ©2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Viscopy, Australia
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Family Bush Tucker Dreaming, c.1972 ©2009 Aboriginal Artists Agency, Sydney
Jimmy Angunguna, Marrchila (Saltwater Crocodile), 1996 ©2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VISCOPY, Australia
The Kluge-Ruhe Collection has planned a fieldtrip to two Aboriginal art exhibits in Washington DC on Saturday, November 21. Participants will visit Culture Warriors at the Katzen Art Center at American University and Land of Enchantment at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA).
A bus will depart the Kluge-Ruhe Collection at 8:15 am arriving at NMWA around 11 am. Kluge-Ruhe Director and Curator Margo Smith will lead a tour through Land of Enchantment: Australian Aboriginal Painting. This exhibit contains 26 paintings by desert artists such as Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Bessie Nakamarra Sims and Doctor George Tjapaltjarri from the collection of Ann Shumelda Okerson and James J. O’Donnell.
Shortly after noon the bus will take the group to American University. Participants will enjoy a box lunch provided by Wagshal’s Deli followed by a tour of the Australian Indigenous Art Triennial: Culture Warriors at AU Museum. Culture Warriors includes 90 works by thirty artists from every state and territory in Australia. A wide variety of contemporary art forms are represented including painting on bark and canvas, sculpture, printmaking, photography and video. This traveling exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Australia and curated by Brenda Croft.
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia promotes learning about Australian Aboriginal art and culture through an integrated program of collection management, exhibition, education, research and publication.
What Will Last Beyond Today: John W. Kluge's Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art
Follows John W. Kluge’s collecting history and showcases the broad range of styles of Aboriginal art represented in the collection – from traditional forms to artistic innovations.