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Wandjina Painters of the East Kimberley - Rosie Karedada see the Artists prints Browse Kimberley Prints
Born in Kalumburu circa 1927, Rosie Karedada is a senior Aboriginal artist noted for her depiction of the Wandjina spirit figure. She has exhibited widely and is represented in most major collections in Australia. Rosie is married to Louis Karadeda, another celebrated artist from the same community. She has a bold and uncompromising style of free drawing, reliant on harsh tonal contrasts which gives her works a characteristic brightness. The imagery is simple and often painted with thick, red-ochre outlines on a white ground. Rosie’s memories of growing up are clouded by the influence of a rigid Benedictine mission which was established in this area in 1907. The mission tried to enforce an assimilationist Christian message at odds with Aboriginal religion. Rosie clearly remembers the conditions of mission rule and can recall her time spent digging, planting mango trees and irrigating the mission gardens with water lugged on her back from the creek. Boys and girls were made to sleep separately away from their parents in segregated dormitories, a deliberate disruption of the family and of parental teaching. Regular visits to cave sites for instruction, family storytelling and food gathering sessions, previously integral to Woonambal socioeconomic education, were all supplanted by compulsory work, adherence to discipline and ‘whitefella Sundays’. The current situation in Kalumburu is one of Aboriginal control. subjects and themes Wandjina spirits collections Artbank, Sydney. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth. exhibitions Group exhibitions 1991 Aboriginal Women’s Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. 1992 Broome Fringe Festival, Broome. 1993 Images of Power, Aboriginal Art of the Kimberley, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne bibliography Ryan, J., 1993, Images of Power, Aboriginal Art of the Kimberley, exhib, cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Stanton, J., 1989, Painting the Country: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Kimberley Region, Western Australia, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia. (C) 1991, Aboriginal Women’s Exhibition, exhib. cat., Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Aboriginal Art Prints Home	region East Kimberley state WA community Kalumburu born 1927 language Wunambal art centre Waringarri Aboriginal Arts medium Bark painting, ochres on bark, limited edition prints

DENNIS NONA CURRENT SOLO EXHIBITION

Sesserae: New Works by Dennis Nona

Paris, London, Sydney, Brisbane

Dennis Nona is widely acknowledged as one of, if not the most, important living Torres Strait Islander artist.

This exhibition of installations, limited edition linocuts, etchings and cast bronze sculptures showcases the artist's most recent work.

PARIS
The Australian Embassy
6 April - 8 June, 2006

LONDON
Rebecca Hossack Gallery
35 Windmill Street,
LONDON (Dates TBA)

SYDNEY
31 Lamrock Avenue
BONDI BEACH, NSW
30 March - 16 April, 2006

BRISBANE
Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art
BRISBANE, QLD
3 June - 10 July 2005

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Rosie Karedada see the Artists prints Browse Kimberley Prints

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