Visiting Fellow Raymond Bulambula guides a UVA art student in making a "Marratjirri" Morning Star Pole.
Fayerweather Hall, McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Kluge-Ruhe collection of Aboriginal art with this free, guided tour of museum storage with Collections Manager and Registrar Nicole Wade.
Meet visiting artists Gabriel Maralngurra and Joe Guymala at this Final Fridays reception featuring The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles at The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA. The Inside World presents 112 memorial poles by 55 artists from remote Aboriginal communities in the tropical northern region of Australia known as Arnhem Land. Traditionally, these poles—known as lorrkkon, ḏupun, or ḻarrakitj—were used to house the bones of the deceased. Today, these poles are made as works of art, and artists included in the exhibition are some of the most respected contemporary artists working in Australia today. Read more about this exhibition, which opens January 24, 2020 and runs until May 24.
Visiting Kunwinjku artists Joe Guymala and Gabriel Maralngurra will give a personalized tour of some of their works in the Kluge-Ruhe collection.
Munguyhmunguyh (Forever): Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the John W Kluge Injalak Commission (January 24 - April 5) presents 7 works painted with natural pigments on paper from Kunbarlanja in northern Australia, inspired by rock art in the region. Visiting Australian Indigenous artists Gabriel Maralngurra and Joe Guymala will attend the opening reception.
In September 1990, the American businessman and philanthropist John W. Kluge was approached with a proposal to commission forty-five works on paper by the leading artists of the newly formed Injalak Arts and Crafts Association. This would become Kluge’s second major commission of Indigenous Australian art and represented a critical turning point in the art of the region. Munguyhmunguyh (Forever) presents five works from Kluge's original commission, plus two newly commissioned works by the contemporary artists Joe Guymala and Gabriel Maralngurra.
Read more about the exhibition here.
Visiting Artists Gabriel Maralngurra and Joe Guymala and curator Henry Skerritt will provide this special tour of The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles at The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA. The Inside World presents 112 memorial poles by 55 artists from remote Aboriginal communities in the tropical northern region of Australia known as Arnhem Land. Traditionally, these poles—known as lorrkkon, ḏupun, or ḻarrakitj—were used to house the bones of the deceased. Today, these poles are made as works of art, and artists included in the exhibition are some of the most respected contemporary artists working in Australia today. Read more about this exhibition, which opens January 24, 2020 and runs until May 24.
Artists Gabriel Maralngurra and Joe Guymala will also be present at The Fralin's First Fridays Reception on January 31, 5:30-7:30 pm.
Visit Kluge-Ruhe for a special tour of the exhibit With Her Hands: Women’s Fiber Art From Gapuwiyak, The Louise Hamby Gift with the collector and donor, Louise Hamby. Hamby is one of the world’s leading authorities on Aboriginal fiber art and her gift of 100 objects transforms the Kluge-Ruhe Collection into a global center for the study of the important but understudied field of contemporary Aboriginal women’s fiber art.
An exhibition of sculpture, video and photographic work by Australian Indigenous artists Steaphan Paton and Robert Fielding. Exhibition dates are Jan 24-30, 2020. Read more about New City Arts here.
Second Street Gallery is pleased to present By The Strength Of Their Skin, an exhibition featuring three senior and highly regarded female Aboriginal artists, Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, Mabel Juli, and Regina Pilawuk Wilson. Click here for more details about the exhibition, which runs from January 24 to March 20. Attend a special preview reception on Friday, January 24th from 5:30-7:30pm. The First Friday opening reception will be held on February 7 from 5:30-7:30pm. On Thursday, March 12, 6-7:30 pm Second Street will hold a free workshop: Bark/Skin: Painting with Natural Pigments Workshop. All are welcome.
"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Fralin Museum of Art and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection are partnering to present The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles.
The Inside World, on view at the Fralin Jan. 24-May 24, 2020, presents 112 memorial poles by 55 artists from remote Aboriginal communities in the tropical northern region of Australia known as Arnhem Land."
Meet Visiting Artists Barbara Moore and Sharon Adamson at a reception at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, Thursday Nov 14, 5:30-7:30 PM
Barbara Moore and Sharon Adamson are visiting artists at Kluge-Ruhe November 4-16. Their residency coincides with an exhibition of their work, Ngayulu Nguraku Ninti | The Country I Know. The bold, large-scale paintings currently on view at Kluge-Ruhe represent the artists’ traditional homelands and are a rich and colorful expression of their relationship to it.
