Exhibition to Showcase Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art
Tjala Aboriginal Art, a privately owned company, continues to actively support the Australian Aboriginal art industry through the exhibiting, purchasing, commissioning, and marketing of Aboriginal art from Northern Australia to the world.
Kuala Lumpur, 30 September 2008:Their names may sound eccentric and difficult to pronounce, but if Tjala Aboriginal Art, a privately incorporated company has its way, Lorna Napanagka, Tjumpo Tjapanangka, Shorty Jangala and Eubena Nampitjin will soon have their names engraved in the international art circuit.
From 7 – 21 November, Malaysians will have the privilege of experiencing the exquisite and unique works of these artists in an exhibition titled Beyond The Dots: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art at the Pace Gallery in Petaling Jaya.
The exhibition is organised jointly by Tjala Aboriginal Art and Asiapromote Ventures, an integrated marketing solutions company, with the support of the Australian Trade Commission.
“The exhibition aims to build international awareness of contemporary Australian Aboriginal art and culture while serving to encourage an inflow of benefits to the economically underserved and socially deprived remote Aboriginal communities,” explains Mike Chandler, Director of tjala Aboriginal Art.
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal art, now regarded as one of the great artistic movements of the 21st century, is highly sophisticated, vibrant, and spiritually complex. The art works, influenced by their centuries-old tribal traditions, each tell a story with a slice of cultural history.
Despite a history spanning 40,000 years, the indigenous Australian art movement, united in native traditions and styles, started to gain momentum in the early 1970s.
“We are thrilled to be able to showcase the rich variety of work by these artists,” Chandler says. “The work is as diverse as the artists themselves – and an accurate reflection of the exhibition’s theme, Beyond The Dots.”
In this decade, the global art community has embraced Indian, Chinese, and African cuture and art in all its facets – and they have literally exploded on the contemporary art scene. Australian Aboriginal art is now starting to make a huge impression among aficionados and collectors who value art works rooted in history and tradition.
tjala Aboriginal Art has been supporting the Australian Aboriginal communities since 2003 through exhibiting and marketing of their art works in Holland, France, Germany, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Singapore.
Beyond The Dot: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art will be held at the Pace Gallery, 64, Jalan Kemajuan, Petaling Jaya, from 7 – 21 November 2008.
