Aboriginal Art

The collector Karlheinz Essl made his first extensive journey through Australia as early as 2000, in which he was able to get to know the art and culture of the indigenous people of Australia. Fascinated by the independent spirituality and force of the works of the Aboriginal people, in 2001 he organised the exhibition >DreamtimeSpirit & Vision The collector Karlheinz Essl made his first extensive journey through Australia as early as 2000, in which he was able to get to know the art and culture of the indigenous people of Australia. Fascinated by the independent spirituality and force of the works of the Aboriginal people, in 2001 he organised the exhibition >DreamtimeSpirit & Vision  The collector Karlheinz Essl made his first extensive journey through Australia as early as 2000, in which he was able to get to know the art and culture of the indigenous people of Australia. Fascinated by the independent spirituality and force of the works of the Aboriginal people, in 2001 he organised the exhibition >DreamtimeSpirit & VisionIn 2015, with the exhibition >Aboriginal ArtMimih spirits, the Aboriginal people’s good spirits, will be shown in traditional bark painting, like Marrana from 1963, which leads into the “classical” works of the 1970s, such as  Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula’s Cave Corroboree Dreaming from 1971. The works by Paddy Bedford, Queenie McKenzie Nakarra and Rover Julama Thomas, which appear abstract to us but are all linked with a very specific story, a “dreaming”, should particularly be highlighted. A star among the Aboriginal people’s artists is Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who is represented in the Essl Collection with numerous large-format works. Against the background of the regional tradition and artistic development that is in no way inferior to the western abstraction phenomena, the exhibition closes with recent artists such as Tracey Moffat, who critically reflects her identity as an Aboriginal woman in a westernised society. Opening: 29.01.2015, 19:30 Uhr30.01. - 16.08.2015Curators: Andreas Hoffer, Viktoria Tomek Queenie McKenzie Nakarra1 / 4Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula2 / 4Rover Julama Thomas3 / 4Mathaman Marika, Gunguyuma Dhamarrandji4 / 4In 2015, with the exhibition >Aboriginal ArtMimih spirits, the Aboriginal people’s good spirits, will be shown in traditional bark painting, like Marrana from 1963, which leads into the “classical” works of the 1970s, such as  Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula’s Cave Corroboree Dreaming from 1971. The works by Paddy Bedford, Queenie McKenzie Nakarra and Rover Julama Thomas, which appear abstract to us but are all linked with a very specific story, a “dreaming”, should particularly be highlighted. A star among the Aboriginal people’s artists is Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who is represented in the Essl Collection with numerous large-format works. Against the background of the regional tradition and artistic development that is in no way inferior to the western abstraction phenomena, the exhibition closes with recent artists such as Tracey Moffat, who critically reflects her identity as an Aboriginal woman in a westernised society. Opening: 29.01.2015, 19:30 Uhr30.01. - 16.08.2015Curators: Andreas Hoffer, Viktoria Tomek Queenie McKenzie Nakarra1 / 4Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula2 / 4Rover Julama Thomas3 / 4Mathaman Marika, Gunguyuma Dhamarrandji4 / 4Mimih spirits, the Aboriginal people’s good spirits, will be shown in traditional bark painting, like Marrana from 1963, which leads into the “classical” works of the 1970s, such as  Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula’s Cave Corroboree Dreaming from 1971. The works by Paddy Bedford, Queenie McKenzie Nakarra and Rover Julama Thomas, which appear abstract to us but are all linked with a very specific story, a “dreaming”, should particularly be highlighted. A star among the Aboriginal people’s artists is Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who is represented in the Essl Collection with numerous large-format works. Against the background of the regional tradition and artistic development that is in no way inferior to the western abstraction phenomena, the exhibition closes with recent artists such as Tracey Moffat, who critically reflects her identity as an Aboriginal woman in a westernised society. Opening: 29.01.2015, 19:30 Uhr30.01. - 16.08.2015Curators: Andreas Hoffer, Viktoria Tomek ESSL MUSEUMContemporary ArtAn der Donau-Au 13400 Klosterneuburg / ViennaT: +43-(0)2243-370 50 150E: info@essl.museumTUE-SUN:   10 a.m. to 6 p.m.WED:          10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Monday closed,except on national holidays.

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