murr-ma* Entdecken Sie die Kunst der Aborigines& australische zeitgenössische Kunst * durch das Wasser laufen und dabei mit den Füssen suchen

Die Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay Kunstgalerie wird Murr-ma in Berlin im September & Oktober 2012 präsentieren. Murr-ma, dies ist eine herausragende Ausstellung von Arbeiten der zur Zeit meist beachtesten und aufstrebenden aborigine und australischen Künstlern.

Das Thema von Murr-ma – “sanftes Gefühl des Suchens nach Muscheln mit den Füssen im niedrigenWasser von Strömen und Flüssen” – spiegelt die visuelle Behandlung der Themen der australischenzeitgenössischen Kunst wider.

Die Künstler interpretieren Stamm und Individualität mittels einer Vielzahl von Techniken – vomtraditionellen Ölgemälde bis hin zu Skulpturen und Fotografie – und bieten unterschiedliche Darstellungen des Landes als Topografie, Symbol des nationalen Charakters sowie als Teil der Kosmologie eines Volkes.

Über die Ausstellung hinaus werden ausgewählte Kunstwerke auch auf der Kunstmesse Preview Berlin Mitte September präsentiert werden.

murr-ma* Uncovering Aboriginal & Australian Contemporary Art * to walk through water searching with your feet

In Berlin throughout September & October the Sydney gallery Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay will beholding Murr-ma, a significant exhibition of work by some of today’s most important established and emerging Aboriginal and Australian artists.

The Theme of Murr-ma - ‘gently feeling the way with one’s feet to search for shellfish at low tide in streams and mud flats’ - reflects the exhibition’s visual discussion of the concerns of Australian contemporary art.

Through a variety of techniques - from traditional oil painting to sculpture and photography - the artists offer interpretations of clan and individual identity and different depictions of the Land as topography, a symbol of national character and part of the cosmology of a people.

In addition to the exhibition, the gallery will also be attending the art fair Preview Berlin, held in mid September.

Jason BenjaminAdam CullenJulie DowlingMarian DrewLinde Ivimey

Amanda MarburgJoseph McGlennon

Catherine NelsonDeborah Paauwe

Papunya Tula ArtistsChris Pease

Nathan TaylorChristian Thompson

Freddie TimmsDick Watkins

Regina Pilawuk Wilson

Jason BenjaminMusic, 2012oil on linen180.0 x 120.0 cm

Waiting for Godot, 2012oil on linen120.0 x 120.0 cm

Windmill Contractor, 2003acrylic on canvas183.0 x 183.0 cmAdam Cullen

Mega Mammal, 2011acrylic on canvas155.0 x 152.0 cm

Julie Dowling

The Wood Cutter, 2010oil, acrylic and plastic on canvas120.0 x 80.0 cm

The Secret Wife, 2012oil on canvas90.0 x 122.0 cmJulie Dowling

The King, 2010oil on canvas91.0 x 76.0 cm

Lorikeet with Green Cloth, 2006archival pigments on cotton paper, edn. 2/5110.0 x 137.5 cmprinted 2012

Marian Drew

Wombat with Watermelon, 2005archival pigments on cotton paper, edn. 2/5110.0 x 137.0 cmprinted 2012

Fassway, 2009steel, acrylic resin, earth, cotton, natural fibre, bat wing coral seeds, quandong seeds, cast and natural bone and tooth, artificial eye98.0 x 45.0 x 30.0 cm

Linde Ivimey

Bickerton, 2012steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, natural fibre, Titanium oxide, cast and natural bone77.0 x 25.0 x 15.0 cm

Missy, Eyrn and Veronica, 2012oil on linen66.0 x 92.0 cmAmanda Marburg

Veronica and Julia, 2012oil on linen66.0 x 92.0 cm

Kangaroo Study Number 4, 2011giclee digital print on archival Hahnemuhle Fine Art paper, edn A/P138.0 x 138.0 cm

Joseph McGlennon

Kangaroo Study Number 7, 2011giclee digital print on archival Hahnemuhle Fine Art paper, edn A/P138.0 x 138.0 cm

Fish Pond, 2012pigment print from digital photograph, edn 1/7150.0 x 150.0 cmCatherine Nelson

Danube Dusk, 2012pigment print from digital photograph, edn 1/7150.0 x 150.0 cm

Blue Curtain, 2007type C photograph, edn 4/675.0 x 75.0 cmDeborah Paauwe

Unseen Hands, 2007type C photograph, edn 2/675.0 x 75.0 cm

Nyilyari TjapangatiSalt Lake site of Wilkinkarr, 2011acrylic on linen107.0 x 91.0 cmPapunya Tula NT, cat#NT11050447

Papunya Tula Artists

Ronnie TjampitjinpaUntitled (Tingari ceremonies), 2009acrylic on linen122.0 x 91.0 cmPapunya Tula NT, cat#RT0911103

Ray James TjangalaWater Site of Yunala, 2007acrylic on linen183.0 x 153.0 cmPapunya Tula, NT, cat#RJ0711058

Papunya Tula Artists

Ningura NapurrulaUntitled (Wirrulnga rockhole), 2009acrylic on linen122.0 x 122.0 cmPapunya Tula, NT, cat#NN0908029

Johnny Yungut TjupurrulaWater site of Ngaminya, 2011acrylic on linen122.0 x 91.0 cmPapunya Tula NT, cat#JY1104134

Papunya Tula Artists

George TjungurrayiUntitled (Mamultjulkulnga Claypan), 2010acrylic on linen122.0 x 122.0 cmPapunya Tula NT, cat#GT1011082

Papunya Tula Artists

Kawayi NamptjinpaUntitled (Pinpirrnga rockhole), 2007acrylic on linen153.0 x 122.0 cmPapunya Tula, NT, cat #KN0708129

Chris Pease

Karla-Mia (Dwelling Place), 2012oil on linen182.0 x 118.0 cm

Nathan Taylor

Value of Suffering, 2011acrylic on board50.0 x 100.0 cm

Christian Thompson

Danger Will Come, 2012type C print on Fuji Pearl Metallic paper100.0 x 100.0 cm

Top Fish Hole, 2007natural earth pigments and acrylic binder on linen130.0 x 122.0 cmJirrawun Arts, WA, cat#FT20002252

Freddie Timms

Barramundi Hole, 2008ochres and pigments with acrylic binder on Belgian linen 80.0 x 200.0 cm (diptych)Jirrawun Arts, WA, cat#FT200801291

French Twist, 2009acrylic on canvas213.0 x 152.0 cmDick Watkins

Trump Tower, 2009acrylic on canvas183.0 x 183.0 cm

Syaw (Fish net), 2010acrylic on linen120.0 x 200.0 cmDurrmu Arts, NT, cat#542Regina Pilawuk Wilson

Syaw (Fish net), 2007acrylic on linen120.0 x 200.0 cmDurrmu Arts, NT, cat#374

Regina Pilawuk Wilson

Wargardi (Dilly Bag), 2010acrylic on canvas200.0 x 200.0 cmDurrmu Arts, NT, cat#567

Halle am WasserInvalidenstrasse 50/51

10557 Berlin8 September - 28 October 2012

Preview Berlinstand 44

Airport Berlin TempelhofHangar 2

Columbiadamm 10D-12101 Berlin

13 - 16 September 2012 previewberlin.de

Michael Reid+ 61 0439 77 66 55

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Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011Australia

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