Signs and traces. Contemporary Aboriginal Art.

ARTYKWARIAT Gallery and ZAMEK Culture Center in Poznań are presenting an exhibition of modern Aboriginal paintings, featuring works form the Smith Davidson collection from Amsterdam. 

Signs and Traces. Modern Aboriginal Art.

10.06. - 16.08.2015

Opening day: 9.06. g. 19 (Atrium)

Zamek Culture Center in Poznań

Exhibition open from Tuesday to Sunday, h. 12 - 20, The Exhibition Hall

Aboriginals started creating their first canvases during the early seventies of XX century. Ten years was enough to accomplish international attention from art professions. The most common topics presented in their works were connected with rituals and history - themes to which access is given only to the group of highly initiated. Works of art are created directly on the ground, therfore their spatial orientation is unimportant. Birds eye - view is the most common perspective. Traces of mythical past are seen in the forms of representation, signs and shapes.

During the exhibition there will be presented 21 artists, part of them where participainting in establishing modern, aboriginal painting move. Among the works of art presented the first time in Poland there will be: Emily Kame Kmgwarreye, Johny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula, Don Ellis Tjapanangka. The show is accompanied by a wide range of educational events: screening of Australian documental movies, workshops for children and adults, meetings with travelers and curatorial touring. 

guided by Karolina Leśniak/ ARTYKWARIAT

ACCOMPANYING EVENTS

EXHIBITION TOURING

10.06, 18:00, The Exhibition Hall, free entrance

guided by David Smith, collection owner

16.06, 18:00; 21.06, 13:15, The Exhibition Hall, free entrance

guided by Karolina Leśniak, Artykwariat

AB ORIGINE, OR FROM THE BEGINNING

23.06., 7:00, 14:00, 28.07, 17:30, The Exhibition Hall, free entrance

conducted by Julia Siwicka

TRACES - SIGNS. ABORIGINAL RECIPE FOR ART

1,8, 15.07, 11:00

The Exhibition Hall, children aged 12 and below free entrance with an adult.

complimentary tickets to be collected at the information desk.

Guided by Martyna Rzepecka

THE POZNAŃ TRAVELLERS CLUB

9, 23.07, 13, 27.08, 18:30, The Balcony Hall, free entrance

THE CARAVAN OF TALES

 14, 21, 28.07., 11.08. 14.45 The Exhibition Hall, free entrance

ON TRAVELLING
16, 30.07., 20.08. 18.30, The Balcony Hall, free entrance

TIME-LAPSE ANIMATION
21-23.07 (ages 10-15), 4-6.08 (ages 15-18) 15.00
The Exhibition Hall, tickets: 3-day course - PLN 60 (subject to availability)

Guided by Dorota Gosieniecka, Andrzej Gosieniecki

THE ANTIPODES, OR WAHT IS FOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
29.07. 13.00, 5.08. 13.00 The Exhibition Hall, free entrance

AUSTRALIAN FILM WEEK
20-27.07.2015
New Pałacowe Cinema, free entrance
20.07. 18.00
MINNIE LOVES JUNIOR, dir. Andy Mullins, Matt Mullins, 2010, 13`
MR PATTERNS, dir. Catriona McKenzie, 55`
21.07. 18.00
TWO THIRDS SKY - ARTISTS IN DESERT COUNTRY, dir. Sean O`Brien, 2002, 52`
WADU MATYIDI, dir. Luke Jurevicius, Arthur Moody , 2010, 9`
22.07. 18.00
CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM, dir. Kris Kerehona, 2010, 6`
MABO, dir. Rachel Perkins , 2012, 57`
23.07. 19.30
WHO PAINTIN` DIS WANDJINA?, dir. Taryne Laffar , 2007, 8`
BUCKSKIN, dir. Dylan McDonald, 2013, 57`
24.07. 18.00
MIMI, dir. Warwick Thornton, 2002, 14`
INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE AWARDS 2014, prod. Oliver West, 40`
25.07. 18.00
NAMATJIRA THE PAINTER, dir. Lee Robinson, 1974, 20`
DREAMINGS - THE ART OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA, dir. Michael Riley, 1988, 30`
26.07. 18.00
DANCING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, dir. Lara Cole, 2010, 26`
THE APOLOGY TO THE STOLEN GENERATIONS, prod. Ben Gregg and Sarah Spillane, 2008, 30`
27.07. 18.00
TALES FROM THE DALY RIVER, dir. Steven McGregor, 2010, 20`
LURUJARRI DREAMING, dir. Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman, 2013, 28`