Papulankutja Artists presents  Paint Right Way new paintings from Papulankutja
Friday 12 February - Thursday 4 March 2010
Opening Friday 12 February 2010 at 5:30pm
Please join us for drinks and canapés

Paint slow way, make every mark count; the figures will then have character, the lines will have meaning and the story will be told. So said Cliff Reid to his eldest son Thomas Reid, both important male artists from Papulankutja. Papulankutja is located close to the Blackstone Ranges, once a major population area for aboriginal people of the Central Reserve. Ancient rock engravings and paintings can be found here and it remains an important ceremonial area associated with many traditional stories and dreaming tracks. Like all practising contemporary Australian indigenous artists, those from the community at Papulankutja create their art in the space between the contemporary art market and the pull of the culture they represent. The tension between these forces makes for the spectacular and original paintings in this exhibition. The paintings reveal a deep and abiding respect for the land, the law and the dreaming- but are also triumphs of form, colour, line and dot. Each artist has their own method and style, their own filter for the telling of their stories. Narelle Holland’s paintings are delicate layers of dotting; Thomas Reid uses graphic imagery and Tjayanka Woods employs strong colours and organic forms. There is a conversation occurring within these paintings that discusses not only what it is like to be an Indigenous Australian with something important to say, but also what it is to be an artist practising today. Chapman Gallery is proud to present each aspect of this compelling conversation in ‘Paint Right Way’.

http://www.wag.com.au/invites/2010/PapulankutjaArtists/TheseAreOurStories.pdf

Papulankutja Artists Group show - February 2010 The Woolloongabba Art Gallery is a contemporary Australian art space located at 613 Stanley St, Woolloongabba in Queensland's capital city Brisbane. The gallery is a direct response to the need for continued dialogue in Australia's multicultural future.