The Gallery presents a program of innovative exhibitions, featuring the University’s extensive art collection, as well as new, contemporary art, and touring shows. All exhibitions are supported by a wide-ranging public program that includes talks, tours and opportunities to meet artists.

Current exhibition

Purnu, Tjanpi, Canvas: Art of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands

Until 12 May 2012

Purnu, Tjanpi, Canvas: Art of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands is an exhibition of the dynamic creativity of the Western Desert’s Ngaanyatjarra artists.

Purnu, Tjanpi, Canvas showcases recent Yarnangu acrylic painting in context with the enduring tradition of purnu (wood carving) and tjanpi (grass weaving), providing a new lens through which to better understand the inventiveness and artistry of these desert people.

The exhibition showcases the humour and playful innovation of the Tjanpi Desert Weavers, the explosive eclecticism of artists in translations of weaving and carving into paint, and the glorious canvases that reflect the completeness of the desert and community life.