Monthly archive March, 2013
Tali Gallery Artist's Work presented to Ellen Degeneres by Swisse

Tali Gallery Artist’s Work presented to Ellen Degeneres by Swisse

We are delighted for NSW Indigenous Artist, Danielle Sullivan,  who was selected to paint a work for Ellen Degeneres.   This was arranged and presented as a gift by Swisse who promote vitamin products on Ellen’s show and who sponsored her visit to Australia.   Danielle was also selected by the American Embassy to paint a work featuring a black cockatoo, presented...
Exhibition Opening - Special Event

Exhibition Opening – Special Event

  Art Month Sydney, Close the Gap, Charlie McMahon’s Graduation Presentation, mixT 3D Opening, Moving 3D – Fashion – All in One Night!!!
Sulman Prize Finalists from Waringarri

Sulman Prize Finalists from Waringarri

  9 Waringarri Artists’ from the Kimberley worked together on a Bush Medicine Mural which is a finalist work in the 2013 Sir John Sulman Art Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW.   It is held alongside the Archibald and Wynne Art Prizes and will be judged this Friday, 22nd March.   Two of...
3D Fashion for Close the Gap

3D Fashion for Close the Gap

Tali Gallery is holding a special Close the Gap Fundraising event this Thursday 21st March from 6 to 8pm as part of our mixT Indigenous 3D exhibition – please come along and see the new Mondo Rondo Fashion Range which is clever practical and gorgeous.  The Art Wear is emblazoned with beautiful art that sends...
mixT :   Indigenous Art in 3D

mixT : Indigenous Art in 3D

    OPENING THURSDAY 21ST MARCH FROM 6 TO 8PM Please join us to welcome Wayne Liwingu McGinness and his edgy stainless steel sculptural works.  Wayne enjoyed a sell out show at UMI Arts in Cairns last year with Steel Jidju and this will be his first Sydney exhibition.  Wayne is of paperbark, rainforest and Torres...
Fabulous Fibre Artefacts

Fabulous Fibre Artefacts

Fabulous Fibreworks from Ramingining, Maningrida and Elcho Island always adorn our upstairs gallery  – yawk yawks by Anniebell Marrngamarrnga  and Lulu Luradjbi, sting rays,  saratoga (fish) such as the one pictured, a butterfly,   mats, baskets, dilly bags, and fish traps, and animals and owls by Mavis Ganambarr (included in the LoveLace exhibition and the Powerhouse Collection)...
Emerging Artists Exhibition   Big Mob of Rocks

Emerging Artists Exhibition Big Mob of Rocks

  Accompanying our 3D exhibition, we are introducing young emerging artists from  an Aboriginal owned art centre in the desert, Ikuntji Fine Art.  Keturah Nangala Zimran paints the rock formations and Benisa Napurrula Marks  paints the sandhills of her country around Haasts Bluff, west of Alice Springs.   Francis Japanangka Marshall tells how his father...

mixT : 3D Indigenous Exhibition

Opening Thursday 21st March 6-8pm Please join us to welcome artist, Wayne Liwingu McGinness and his edgy stainless steel creations to Sydney.  With paperbark, rainforest and Torres Strait Island heritage, Wayne is a creative master of metal sculptures.   Wayne enjoyed a sell out solo show in Cairns at UMI Arts last year and is...
Close the Gap Event Thursday 21st March

Close the Gap Event Thursday 21st March

We will be holding a memorial exhibition for an artist much lauded for her depictions of the sandhills of her country and her naive works – vale M Jugadai from the Ikuntji Aboriginal Art Centre at Haasts Bluff.  M passed away at the age of only 56  years early last year and she leaves a...
Sarrita King - Gurindji Heritage

Sarrita King – Gurindji Heritage

  Tali Gallery is committed to working with young Indigenous artists to help them develop their careers.  We facilitated Sarrita King being granted the first artist  residency at Newington College in Sydney and the commissioning of an artwork for the Headmaster’s Study.  In addition, we have worked together to help promote the Newington College Indigenous Scholarship Program and particularly the Chris Wild...
Desert Gems - from Remote Aboriginal Owned Communities

Desert Gems – from Remote Aboriginal Owned Communities

  Tali Gallery regularly receives new paintings from the curators of Aboriginal Owned Art Centres in the remote desert regions of Australia.  These are diverse in stories, colours and executions. Many are painted by women and men who followed a nomadic existence in their early years and were handed down survival skills by their parents...
Art Month Sydney Event - Guide to Buying Aboriginal Art

Art Month Sydney Event – Guide to Buying Aboriginal Art

Di is looking forward to participating in this panel about buying Aboriginal Art examining ethics, authenticity, avenues of purchase and more.  Tali Gallery represents some 25 Aboriginal Owned Community Art Centres at any one time. These art centres send their best quality artworks on consignment to a select number of  representative galleries in cities around...