THE ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE
The Alternative Archive exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of regional contemporary arts practice in Western Australia in 20 years. This exhibition presents the work of 40 contemporary artists critically selected from over 200 artists involved in a state-wide exhibition project in 2019 that stretched from Kununurra in the north-east Kimberley, to Esperance on the south-east coast. Each exhibition was locally curated within regional communities beyond the metropolitan boundaries of Perth. The curatorial premise developed for The Alternative Archive enabled this state-wide enterprise to become a project of linkage – both from regional site to capital, as well as between each and every regional site themselves – and was built upon the notion that artists often are their community’s story tellers, socio-historical archaeologists and keepers of alternative histories – in effect creators and custodians of a community’s ‘alternative archive’.
The Alternative Archive is co-curated by John Curtin Gallery Director, Chris Malcolm and independent curator Anna Louise Richardson.
Featuring artists: Craig Allsop, Agnes Yamboong Armstrong, Gabrielle Butler, Debbie Carmody, Tina Carmody, Kgukgi Catherine Noble Howard, Chan Dalgarno, Annette Davis, Mary-Lou Divilli, June Djiagween, Alana Grant, Charmaine Green and Mark Smith, Jan Goongaja Griffiths, Peggy Madig Griffiths, Naomie Hatherley, Pansy Hicks, Maitland Hill, Jason Holmes, Karen McClurkin, Serena McLauchlan, Jeanne Melville, Sarah Mills, Claudette Mountjoy, Brenda Mingen Ningarmara, Lyn Nixon, Ellen Norrish, Marianne Penberthy, Deidre Robb, Loreen Samson, Violet Samson, Michelle Slarke, Gary Smith, Tania Spencer, Louise Tasker, Casey Thornton, Monique Tippett, Lizzie Troup, James Walker, and Ben Galmirrl Ward.
The Alternative Archive was originally developed for Connect to the Creative Grid, an initiative of the Regional Arts Partnership Program supported by the State Government of WA and Country Arts WA with additional funding support from the Australian Government through the Regional Arts Fund. The Alternative Archive survey exhibition and symposium program has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, ART ON THE MOVE, GalleriesWest, Southern Forest Arts and Regional Arts WA.
John Curtin Gallery, Perth, WA.
14 May - 30 July 2021.
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The Alternative Archive is co-curated by John Curtin Gallery Director, Chris Malcolm and independent curator Anna Louise Richardson.
Featuring artists: Craig Allsop, Agnes Yamboong Armstrong, Gabrielle Butler, Debbie Carmody, Tina Carmody, Kgukgi Catherine Noble Howard, Chan Dalgarno, Annette Davis, Mary-Lou Divilli, June Djiagween, Alana Grant, Charmaine Green and Mark Smith, Jan Goongaja Griffiths, Peggy Madig Griffiths, Naomie Hatherley, Pansy Hicks, Maitland Hill, Jason Holmes, Karen McClurkin, Serena McLauchlan, Jeanne Melville, Sarah Mills, Claudette Mountjoy, Brenda Mingen Ningarmara, Lyn Nixon, Ellen Norrish, Marianne Penberthy, Deidre Robb, Loreen Samson, Violet Samson, Michelle Slarke, Gary Smith, Tania Spencer, Louise Tasker, Casey Thornton, Monique Tippett, Lizzie Troup, James Walker, and Ben Galmirrl Ward.
The Alternative Archive was originally developed for Connect to the Creative Grid, an initiative of the Regional Arts Partnership Program supported by the State Government of WA and Country Arts WA with additional funding support from the Australian Government through the Regional Arts Fund. The Alternative Archive survey exhibition and symposium program has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, ART ON THE MOVE, GalleriesWest, Southern Forest Arts and Regional Arts WA.
John Curtin Gallery, Perth, WA.
14 May - 30 July 2021.
CLICK HERE FOR FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE CATALOGUE
