THE ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE
The Alternative Archive brings together contemporary artists living in communities throughout regional WA to participate in a statewide exhibition network that engages with their local social contexts. Co-curated by Chris Malcolm (Director, John Curtin Gallery) and Anna Louise Richardson, this survey exhibition will be the culmination of an ambitious project to present a series of 13 regional exhibitions, bearing the Alternative Archive name, facilitated by local curators and engaging regional artists held between Feb-Jun 2019.
The showcase exhibition will be a contemporary visual archive of regional Western Australian arts practice, documenting a dynamic anthology of how regional artists relate to the people, homes, towns or regions that they know so well and aims to increase understanding of the arts ecology, the practices, and conditions of regional art making in Western Australia. Encompassing the full diversity of artistic voices from around the state The Alternative Archive provides a platform for artists to engage with history, storytelling and local mythology, as well as personal and communal memory in a contemporary format.
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 has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
John Curtin Gallery, Perth, WA.
14 May - 30 July 2021.
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The showcase exhibition will be a contemporary visual archive of regional Western Australian arts practice, documenting a dynamic anthology of how regional artists relate to the people, homes, towns or regions that they know so well and aims to increase understanding of the arts ecology, the practices, and conditions of regional art making in Western Australia. Encompassing the full diversity of artistic voices from around the state The Alternative Archive provides a platform for artists to engage with history, storytelling and local mythology, as well as personal and communal memory in a contemporary format.
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 has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
John Curtin Gallery, Perth, WA.
14 May - 30 July 2021.
CLICK HERE FOR FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
