Exhibition
The Alternative Archive
July 1 to July 31
About this exhibition
The Alternative Archive touring exhibition presents 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. It showcases work by 31 contemporary artists selected from a series of regionally based exhibitions facilitated by local curators.
The Alternative Archive is the culmination of a three-year project involving 13 regional art galleries, 35 curators and 200 artists and is co-curated by John Curtin Gallery Director Chris Malcolm and Independent Curator/Artist Anna Louise Richardson. It aims to increase understanding of the arts ecology, the practices and conditions of regional art making in Western Australia.
Image Credit: Ellen Norrish, The Tin Heads, 2019. Installed at John Curtin Gallery 2021. Photo courtesy Brad Coleman.
This project has been made possible through the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost managed by the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries, supported by Royalties for Regions and delivered by ART ON THE MOVE. The Act-Belong-Commit Engagement Program presented by ART ON THE MOVE is sponsored by Healthway promoting the Act-Belong-Commit health message.
ARTISTS
Kimberley
Naomie Hatherley, June Dijagween, Peggy Madij Griffiths,
Agnes Yamboong Armstrong, Brenda Mingen Ningamara, Mary-Lou Divilli
Mid-West
Marianne Penberthy, Craig Allsop, Charmaine Green, Mark Smith,
Ellen Norrish, Gabrielle Butler
Wheatbealt
Michelle Slarke, Jeanne Melville, Tania Spencer, Chan Dalgarno
Goldfields – Esperance
Karen McClurkin, Tina Carmody, Debbie Carmody, Kgukgi Catherine Howard Noble
Great Southern
Serena McLauchlan
Peel
Alana Grant, Lyn Nixon, James Walker, Deidre Robb, Maitland Hill
Southwest
Claudette Mountjoy, Lizzie Troup, Louise Tasker
MEDIUMS
Installation, Textile, Video, Photography, Painting
INSTALLATION
Approx. 50 running metres
TOUR DATES
July 2022 – July 2024
Cost Share
ART ON THE MOVE Members: $4,000 (inc. GST)
Non Members: $4,500 (inc. GST)
Crates
N/A