N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk]
9 May–8 July 2024, John Curtin Gallery.
Curator: Zali Morgan (Whadjuk, Balladong and Wilman peoples)
Artists: Amanda Bell (Badamia Yamatji and Yued Noongar peoples)
Brett Nannup (Binjareband Wilman peoples)
Lea Taylor (Wadandi, Menang, Goreng, Kaniyang, Ballardong peoples)
Tyrown Waigana(Wandandi Noongar and Ait Koedhal peoples)
N’yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie[Ancestors Breath –Today Talk]is curated by emerging Noongar curator ZaliMorgan (Whadjuk, Balladong and Wilman peoples) and brings together four early-career Noongar artists —Amanda Bell, Brett Nannup, Lea Taylor and Tyrown Waigana. Each artist has been commissioned to produce a new artwork in response to The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork.Through a diverse range of mediums and styles the artists bring to the present-day the intertwined stories of the Carrolup child artists and their own personal context.The commissions reflect the aesthetics, design and themes present in the original Carrolup works, honouring Noongar histories and the enduring legacy of the Carrolup artists and ancestors.
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27: Left: Tyrown Waigana, Heavy Bottom John; Enter Face Ethel; Martha Mangle Stuck Together,2024,left to right,digital printon Hahnemhilehemppaper,109 x 77cm. Right: Barry Loo, At Bay, about 1949. Curtin University Art Collection.N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
28:Left: Once known child artists, hand embroidered linen tablecloth, c1947–1949, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024. Noelene White Collection.Middle: Brett Nannup, Plate 1-6,2024,intaglio print, ink on paper, 67.5 x 67.5cm. Right: Tyrown Waigana, Heavy Bottom John; Enter Face Ethel; Martha Mangle Stuck Together, 2024, left to right, digital printon Hahnemhilehemppaper, left to right, 109 x 77cm.N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk],curated by Zali Morgan,installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
29: Middle: Brett Nannup, Plate 1-6, 2024, intaglio print, ink on paper, 67.5 x 67.5cm. Right: Tyrown Waigana, Heavy Bottom John; Enter Face Ethel; Martha Mangle Stuck Together, 2024, left to right, digital printon Hahnemhilehemppaper, left to right, 109 x 77cm. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk],curated by Zali Morgan,installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
30: Left: Once known child artists, hand embroidered linen tablecloth, c1947–1949, Noelene White Collection. Right: Lea Taylor, Dandeedeen wer Wilgi –Sew up and Paint,2024,linen, hessian, cotton, acrylic paint, jarrah,153 x 216cm. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk],curated by Zali Morgan,installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
31: Once known child artists, hand embroidered linen tablecloth, c1947–1949, Noelene White Collection.N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
32: Lea Taylor, Dandeedeen wer Wilgi –Sew up and Paint,2024,linen, hessian, cotton, acrylic paint, jarrah, 153 x 216cm. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie[Ancestors breath –Today talk],curated by Zali Morgan,installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
33: Amanda Bell, Warniny Ngaangk -Stitching My Mother, Stitching My Sun, 2024, text, video with audio, cloth, lamps, teabags, dye, wire, dimensions variable. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk], installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
34: Once known child artists, hand embroidered linen tablecloth, c1947–1949, Noelene White Collection.N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie[Ancestors breath –Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
35-36: Brett Nannup, Plate 1-6, 2024, intaglio print, ink on paper, 67.5 x 67.5cm. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
37: Tyrown Waigana, Heavy Bottom John; Enter Face Ethel; Martha Mangle Stuck Together, 2024, left to right, digital printon Hahnemhilehemppaper, 109 x 77cm. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
38-42: Amanda Bell, Warniny Ngaangk -Stitching My Mother, Stitching My Sun, 2024, text, video with audio, cloth, lamps, teabags, dye, wire, dimensions variable. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
43: Left: Amanda Bell, Warniny Ngaangk -Stitching My Mother, Stitching My Sun, 2024, text, video with audio, cloth, lamps, teabags, dye, wire, dimensions variable. Middle: Once known child artists, hand embroidered linen tablecloth, c1947–1949, Noelene White Collection. Right: Lea Taylor, Dandeedeen wer Wilgi –Sew up and Paint,2024,linen, hessian, cotton, acrylic paint, jarrah, 153 x 216cm. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
44: N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath–Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
45: Left: Amanda Bell, Warniny Ngaangk -Stitching My Mother, Stitching My Sun, 2024, text, video with audio, cloth, lamps, teabags, dye, wire, dimensions variable. Right: Lea Taylor, Dandeedeen wer Wilgi –Sew up and Paint,2024,linen, hessian, cotton, acrylic paint, jarrah, 153 x 216cm. N'yettin-ngal Wagur –Yeye Wongie [Ancestors breath –Today talk], curated by Zali Morgan, installation view, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.